#9BCBB5#9BCBB5

#9BCBB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.059 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBB5
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(153, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(153, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -20.21, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 21.04, 163.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0573 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.059 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2115, 53.0150, 51.6633)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBB5 #CB9BB1

analogous

#9BCB9D #9BCBB5 #9BC9CB

triadic

#9BCBB5 #B59BCB #CBB59B

tetradic

#9BCBB5 #9D9BCB #CB9BB1 #C9CB9B

square

#9BCBB5 #9D9BCB #CB9BB1 #C9CB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBB5 #CB9BC9 #CB9D9B

monochromatic

#519B79 #73B697 #9BCBB5 #C3E0D3 #EBF5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9BCBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#9BCBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBB5

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBB5	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.059 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dbcb',
    500: '#9bcbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbb5;
$custom-light: #b9dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80195,
    "c": 0.05924,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBB5

secondary

#A06A83

accent

#3B6EAA

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F8FBF9

border

#D1D4D2

text

#111513

muted

#818482

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBB5

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

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