#9BC5BB#9BC5BB

#9BC5BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.047 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5BB
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(166, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(166, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -15.94, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 15.95, 178.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0467 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.047 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4509, 50.4874, 54.5124)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5BB #C59BA5

analogous

#9BC5A6 #9BC5BB #9BBAC5

triadic

#9BC5BB #BB9BC5 #C5BB9B

tetradic

#9BC5BB #A69BC5 #C59BA5 #BAC59B

square

#9BC5BB #A69BC5 #C59BA5 #BAC59B

split-complementary

#9BC5BB #C59BBA #C5A69B

monochromatic

#549183 #74AFA1 #9BC5BB #C2DBD5 #E8F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BC5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#9BC5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5BB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5BB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.047 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6cf',
    500: '#9bc5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5bb;
$custom-light: #b9d6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79035,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5BB

secondary

#996B76

accent

#4058A5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5BB

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

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