#9BC8CD#9BC8CD

#9BC8CD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.048 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8CD
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(186, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -13.59, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 15.44, 208.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0434 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.048 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1879, 52.6830, 65.5337)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8CD #CDA09B

analogous

#9BCDB9 #9BC8CD #9BAFCD

triadic

#9BC8CD #CD9BC8 #C8CD9B

tetradic

#9BC8CD #B99BCD #CDA09B #AFCD9B

square

#9BC8CD #B99BCD #CDA09B #AFCD9B

split-complementary

#9BC8CD #CD9BAF #CDB99B

monochromatic

#4F969E #72B2B9 #9BC8CD #C4DEE1 #EBF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9BC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#9BC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8CD

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8CD	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.048 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d8dc',
    500: '#9bc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8cd;
$custom-light: #b9d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.0478,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8CD

secondary

#A2706A

accent

#4539AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8CD

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

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