#9BCBC4#9BCBC4

#9BCBC4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.051 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBC4
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(171, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -17.10, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 17.18, 185.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.051 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.051 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8343, 53.6641, 60.2098)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBC4 #CB9BA2

analogous

#9BCBAC #9BCBC4 #9BBACB

triadic

#9BCBC4 #C49BCB #CBC49B

tetradic

#9BCBC4 #AC9BCB #CB9BA2 #BACB9B

square

#9BCBC4 #AC9BCB #CB9BA2 #BACB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBC4 #CB9BBA #CBAC9B

monochromatic

#519B90 #73B6AC #9BCBC4 #C3E0DC #EBF5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BCBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#9BCBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBC4

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBC4	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DCDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.051 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dbd5',
    500: '#9bcbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbc4;
$custom-light: #b9dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80625,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBC4

secondary

#A06A72

accent

#3B4BAA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBC4

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

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