#9BC5BF#9BC5BF

#9BC5BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.045 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5BF
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(171, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(171, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -15.10, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 15.18, 185.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0451 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.045 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8850, 50.6611, 56.7991)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5BF #C59BA1

analogous

#9BC5AA #9BC5BF #9BB6C5

triadic

#9BC5BF #BF9BC5 #C5BF9B

tetradic

#9BC5BF #AA9BC5 #C59BA1 #B6C59B

square

#9BC5BF #AA9BC5 #C59BA1 #B6C59B

split-complementary

#9BC5BF #C59BB6 #C5AA9B

monochromatic

#549189 #74AFA6 #9BC5BF #C2DBD8 #E8F2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9BC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5BF

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5BF	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.045 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6d2',
    500: '#9bc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5bf;
$custom-light: #b9d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.04533,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5BF

secondary

#996B72

accent

#404FA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5BF

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

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