#9BC4BC#9BC4BC

#9BC4BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.045 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4BC
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(168, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -15.22, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 15.22, 181.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.045 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.045 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3320, 50.0778, 55.0028)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4BC #C49BA3

analogous

#9BC4A8 #9BC4BC #9BB8C4

triadic

#9BC4BC #BC9BC4 #C4BC9B

tetradic

#9BC4BC #A89BC4 #C49BA3 #B8C49B

square

#9BC4BC #A89BC4 #C49BA3 #B8C49B

split-complementary

#9BC4BC #C49BB8 #C4A89B

monochromatic

#559084 #75ADA2 #9BC4BC #C1DBD6 #E8F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BC4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#9BC4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4BC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4BC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.045 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6d0',
    500: '#9bc4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4bc;
$custom-light: #b9d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.04502,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4BC

secondary

#986B74

accent

#4155A4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4BC

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

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