#9BB9BC#9BB9BC

#9BB9BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.033 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9BC
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -9.48, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 10.68, 207.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0301 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.033 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9412, 45.2961, 54.2058)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9BC #BC9E9B

analogous

#9BBCAF #9BB9BC #9BA9BC

triadic

#9BB9BC #BC9BB9 #B9BC9B

tetradic

#9BB9BC #AF9BBC #BC9E9B #A9BC9B

square

#9BB9BC #AF9BBC #BC9E9B #A9BC9B

split-complementary

#9BB9BC #BC9BA9 #BCAF9B

monochromatic

#598084 #769FA3 #9BB9BC #C0D3D5 #E4ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9BB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9BB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9BC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9BC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.033 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ced0',
    500: '#9bb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9bc;
$custom-light: #b9ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.03288,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9BC

secondary

#DFD5D4

accent

#4F479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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