#9BC5CC#9BC5CC

#9BC5CC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.046 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5CC
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(189, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -12.25, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 14.67, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0399 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.046 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3796, 51.2589, 64.6707)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5CC #CCA29B

analogous

#9BCCBA #9BC5CC #9BACCC

triadic

#9BC5CC #CC9BC5 #C5CC9B

tetradic

#9BC5CC #BA9BCC #CCA29B #ACCC9B

square

#9BC5CC #BA9BCC #CCA29B #ACCC9B

split-complementary

#9BC5CC #CC9BAC #CCBA9B

monochromatic

#50929D #72ADB7 #9BC5CC #C4DDE1 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BC5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9BC5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5CC

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5CC	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.046 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6db',
    500: '#9bc5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5cc;
$custom-light: #b9d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79562,
    "c": 0.04551,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5CC

secondary

#A1726A

accent

#4A3AAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5CC

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

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