#9BCDBE#9BCDBE

#9BCDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.056 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDBE
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(162, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(162, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -19.38, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 19.50, 173.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0561 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.056 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6403, 54.3471, 56.8432)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDBE #CD9BAA

analogous

#9BCDA5 #9BCDBE #9BC3CD

triadic

#9BCDBE #BE9BCD #CDBE9B

tetradic

#9BCDBE #A59BCD #CD9BAA #C3CD9B

square

#9BCDBE #A59BCD #CD9BAA #C3CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDBE #CD9BC3 #CDA59B

monochromatic

#4F9E87 #72B9A3 #9BCDBE #C4E1D9 #EBF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#9BCDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDBE

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDBE	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.056 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcd1',
    500: '#9bcdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdbe;
$custom-light: #b9dcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80891,
    "c": 0.05637,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDBE

secondary

#A26A7B

accent

#395CAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDBE

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

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