#9BC5CD#9BC5CD

#9BC5CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.046 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5CD
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(190, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -12.03, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 14.76, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0395 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.046 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5000, 51.3070, 65.3043)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5CD #CDA39B

analogous

#9BCDBC #9BC5CD #9BACCD

triadic

#9BC5CD #CD9BC5 #C5CD9B

tetradic

#9BC5CD #BC9BCD #CDA39B #ACCD9B

square

#9BC5CD #BC9BCD #CDA39B #ACCD9B

split-complementary

#9BC5CD #CD9BAC #CDBC9B

monochromatic

#4F929E #72ADB9 #9BC5CD #C4DDE1 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9BC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9BC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5CD

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5CD	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.046 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6dc',
    500: '#9bc5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5cd;
$custom-light: #b9d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79595,
    "c": 0.04584,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5CD

secondary

#A2736A

accent

#4C39AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5CD

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

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