#9BBBB5#9BBBB5

#9BBBB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.036 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBBB5
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(169, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -12.01, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 12.03, 182.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0356 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.036 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6262, 45.8443, 50.4681)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBBB5 #BB9BA1

analogous

#9BBBA5 #9BBBB5 #9BB1BB

triadic

#9BBBB5 #B59BBB #BBB59B

tetradic

#9BBBB5 #A59BBB #BB9BA1 #B1BB9B

square

#9BBBB5 #A59BBB #BB9BA1 #B1BB9B

split-complementary

#9BBBB5 #BB9BB1 #BBA59B

monochromatic

#59837B #77A29A #9BBBB5 #BFD4D0 #E4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9BBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#9BBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBBB5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBBB5	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.036 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cfcb',
    500: '#9bbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbbb5;
$custom-light: #b9cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBBB5

secondary

#DED4D6

accent

#48589D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBBB5

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

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