#9BCDBC#9BCDBC

#9BCDBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.058 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDBC
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(160, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(160, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -19.79, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 20.04, 170.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0569 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.058 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4232, 54.2603, 55.6998)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDBC #CD9BAC

analogous

#9BCDA3 #9BCDBC #9BC5CD

triadic

#9BCDBC #BC9BCD #CDBC9B

tetradic

#9BCDBC #A39BCD #CD9BAC #C5CD9B

square

#9BCDBC #A39BCD #CD9BAC #C5CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDBC #CD9BC5 #CDA39B

monochromatic

#4F9E83 #72B9A1 #9BCDBC #C4E1D7 #EBF5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#9BCDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDBC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDBC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.058 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcd0',
    500: '#9bcdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdbc;
$custom-light: #b9dcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.05751,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDBC

secondary

#A26A7D

accent

#3960AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDBC

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

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