#9BC997#9BC997

#9BC997 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.085 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC997
RGB	rgb(155, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(115, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(115, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -24.75, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 31.95, 140.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0675 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.085 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9886, 50.9750, 37.0044)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC997 #C597C9

analogous

#B4C997 #9BC997 #97C9AC

triadic

#9BC997 #979BC9 #C9979B

tetradic

#9BC997 #97B4C9 #C597C9 #C9AC97

square

#9BC997 #97B4C9 #C597C9 #C9AC97

split-complementary

#9BC997 #AC97C9 #C997B4

monochromatic

#54974E #74B46F #9BC997 #C2DEBF #E8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9BC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9BC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC997

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC997	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.085 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d9b5',
    500: '#9bc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc997;
$custom-light: #b9d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.2,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC997

secondary

#99669E

accent

#3BAAA1

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F8FBF8

border

#D1D4D1

text

#111411

muted

#818381

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC997

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

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