#9BBDBC#9BBDBC

#9BBDBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.037 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDBC
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(178, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -11.59, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 12.05, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0355 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.037 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7898, 46.9933, 54.4887)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDBC #BD9B9C

analogous

#9BBDAB #9BBDBC #9BADBD

triadic

#9BBDBC #BC9BBD #BDBC9B

tetradic

#9BBDBC #AB9BBD #BD9B9C #ADBD9B

square

#9BBDBC #AB9BBD #BD9B9C #ADBD9B

split-complementary

#9BBDBC #BD9BAD #BDAB9B

monochromatic

#588584 #76A5A3 #9BBDBC #C0D5D5 #E5EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9BBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9BBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDBC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDBC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.037 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0d0',
    500: '#9bbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdbc;
$custom-light: #b9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.03665,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDBC

secondary

#DFD5D5

accent

#47499F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDBC

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

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