#9BB9BE#9BB9BE

#9BB9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.033 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9BE
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -9.05, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 10.82, 213.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0293 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.033 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1583, 45.3830, 55.3492)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9BE #BEA09B

analogous

#9BBEB1 #9BB9BE #9BA8BE

triadic

#9BB9BE #BE9BB9 #B9BE9B

tetradic

#9BB9BE #B19BBE #BEA09B #A8BE9B

square

#9BB9BE #B19BBE #BEA09B #A8BE9B

split-complementary

#9BB9BE #BE9BA8 #BEB19B

monochromatic

#588087 #769FA6 #9BB9BE #C0D3D6 #E5EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9BB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#9BB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9BE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9BE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.033 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ced1',
    500: '#9bb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9be;
$custom-light: #b9ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76502,
    "c": 0.03338,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9BE

secondary

#E0D7D5

accent

#5346A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9BE

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

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