#9BBBB9#9BBBB9

#9BBBB9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.035 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBBB9
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(176, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(176, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -11.18, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 11.47, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.034 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.035 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0425, 46.0108, 52.6608)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBBB9 #BB9B9D

analogous

#9BBBA9 #9BBBB9 #9BADBB

triadic

#9BBBB9 #B99BBB #BBB99B

tetradic

#9BBBB9 #A99BBB #BB9B9D #ADBB9B

square

#9BBBB9 #A99BBB #BB9B9D #ADBB9B

split-complementary

#9BBBB9 #BB9BAD #BBA99B

monochromatic

#598380 #77A2A0 #9BBBB9 #BFD4D3 #E4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9BBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#9BBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBBB9

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBBB9	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.035 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cfce',
    500: '#9bbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbbb9;
$custom-light: #b9cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7678,
    "c": 0.03475,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBBB9

secondary

#DED4D4

accent

#484D9D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBBB9

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

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