#9BC8BB#9BC8BB

#9BC8BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.051 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8BB
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(163, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(163, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -17.47, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 17.55, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0508 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.051 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1388, 51.8634, 54.7418)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8BB #C89BA8

analogous

#9BC8A5 #9BC8BB #9BBEC8

triadic

#9BC8BB #BB9BC8 #C8BB9B

tetradic

#9BC8BB #A59BC8 #C89BA8 #BEC89B

square

#9BC8BB #A59BC8 #C89BA8 #BEC89B

split-complementary

#9BC8BB #C89BBE #C8A59B

monochromatic

#539683 #74B2A0 #9BC8BB #C2DED6 #EAF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9BC8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#9BC8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8BB

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8BB	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.051 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d8cf',
    500: '#9bc8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8bb;
$custom-light: #b9d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79698,
    "c": 0.05093,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8BB

secondary

#9D6B79

accent

#3E5CA8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8BB

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

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