#9BCBC5#9BCBC5

#9BCBC5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.051 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBC5
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(173, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -16.88, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 17.02, 187.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0506 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.051 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9485, 53.7098, 60.8112)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBC5 #CB9BA1

analogous

#9BCBAD #9BCBC5 #9BB9CB

triadic

#9BCBC5 #C59BCB #CBC59B

tetradic

#9BCBC5 #AD9BCB #CB9BA1 #B9CB9B

square

#9BCBC5 #AD9BCB #CB9BA1 #B9CB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBC5 #CB9BB9 #CBAD9B

monochromatic

#519B92 #73B6AE #9BCBC5 #C3E0DC #EBF5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BCBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#9BCBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBC5

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBC5	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DCDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.051 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dbd6',
    500: '#9bcbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbc5;
$custom-light: #b9dbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.05094,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBC5

secondary

#A06A71

accent

#3B49AA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBC5

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

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