#9BC3BF#9BC3BF

#9BC3BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.043 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3BF
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(174, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -14.07, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 14.26, 189.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0424 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.043 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4339, 49.7588, 56.6487)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3BF #C39B9F

analogous

#9BC3AB #9BC3BF #9BB3C3

triadic

#9BC3BF #BF9BC3 #C3BF9B

tetradic

#9BC3BF #AB9BC3 #C39B9F #B3C39B

square

#9BC3BF #AB9BC3 #C39B9F #B3C39B

split-complementary

#9BC3BF #C39BB3 #C3AB9B

monochromatic

#558E89 #75ACA7 #9BC3BF #C1DAD7 #E7F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9BC3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9BC3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3BF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3BF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.043 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d5d2',
    500: '#9bc3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3bf;
$custom-light: #b9d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78715,
    "c": 0.04294,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3BF

secondary

#E3D7D8

accent

#424CA4

background

#FBFDFC

surface

#F6FAF9

border

#D0D3D2

text

#111414

muted

#808382

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3BF

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

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