#9BC3CA#9BC3CA

#9BC3CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.044 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3CA
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -11.66, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 14.07, 214.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.038 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.044 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6902, 50.2613, 63.2651)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3CA #CAA29B

analogous

#9BCAB9 #9BC3CA #9BACCA

triadic

#9BC3CA #CA9BC3 #C3CA9B

tetradic

#9BC3CA #B99BCA #CAA29B #ACCA9B

square

#9BC3CA #B99BCA #CAA29B #ACCA9B

split-complementary

#9BC3CA #CA9BAC #CAB99B

monochromatic

#518F99 #73ABB5 #9BC3CA #C3DBDF #EBF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9BC3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#9BC3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3CA

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3CA	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.044 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d5da',
    500: '#9bc3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3ca;
$custom-light: #b9d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79062,
    "c": 0.04363,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3CA

secondary

#9F726A

accent

#4C3CA9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3CA

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

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