#9BCBCB#9BCBCB

#9BCBCB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.050 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBCB
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 203)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -15.57, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 16.39, 198.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0482 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.05 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6497, 53.9903, 64.5042)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBCB #CB9B9B

analogous

#9BCBB3 #9BCBCB #9BB3CB

triadic

#9BCBCB #CB9BCB #CBCB9B

tetradic

#9BCBCB #B39BCB #CB9B9B #B3CB9B

square

#9BCBCB #B39BCB #CB9B9B #B3CB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBCB #CB9BB3 #CBB39B

monochromatic

#519B9B #73B6B6 #9BCBCB #C3E0E0 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9BCBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#9BCBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBCB

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBCB	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.050 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dbda',
    500: '#9bcbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbcb;
$custom-light: #b9dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.05015,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBCB

secondary

#A06A6A

accent

#3B3BAA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBCB

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

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