#9BCCBC#9BCCBC

#9BCCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.056 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCCBC
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(160, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(160, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -19.29, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 19.48, 171.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0556 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.056 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1848, 53.7834, 55.6204)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCCBC #CC9BAB

analogous

#9BCCA3 #9BCCBC #9BC3CC

triadic

#9BCCBC #BC9BCC #CCBC9B

tetradic

#9BCCBC #A39BCC #CC9BAB #C3CC9B

square

#9BCCBC #A39BCC #CC9BAB #C3CC9B

split-complementary

#9BCCBC #CC9BC3 #CCA39B

monochromatic

#509D84 #72B7A1 #9BCCBC #C4E1D7 #EBF5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BCCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#9BCCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCCBC

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCCBC	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.056 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dbd0',
    500: '#9bccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bccbc;
$custom-light: #b9dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.408,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80612,
    "c": 0.05607,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCCBC

secondary

#A16A7C

accent

#3A5FAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCCBC

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

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