#9BCDBD#9BCDBD

#9BCDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.057 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDBD
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(161, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(161, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -19.58, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 19.77, 172.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0565 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.057 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5314, 54.3035, 56.2695)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDBD #CD9BAB

analogous

#9BCDA4 #9BCDBD #9BC4CD

triadic

#9BCDBD #BD9BCD #CDBD9B

tetradic

#9BCDBD #A49BCD #CD9BAB #C4CD9B

square

#9BCDBD #A49BCD #CD9BAB #C4CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDBD #CD9BC4 #CDA49B

monochromatic

#4F9E85 #72B9A2 #9BCDBD #C4E1D8 #EBF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#9BCDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDBD

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDBD	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.057 173.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.05693,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDBD

secondary

#A26A7C

accent

#395EAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDBD

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

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