#9BCDBF#9BCDBF

#9BCDBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.056 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDBF
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 191)
HSL	hsl(163, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(163, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -19.17, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 19.24, 175.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0557 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.056 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7500, 54.3910, 57.4208)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDBF #CD9BA9

analogous

#9BCDA6 #9BCDBF #9BC2CD

triadic

#9BCDBF #BF9BCD #CDBF9B

tetradic

#9BCDBF #A69BCD #CD9BA9 #C2CD9B

square

#9BCDBF #A69BCD #CD9BA9 #C2CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDBF #CD9BC2 #CDA69B

monochromatic

#4F9E88 #72B9A5 #9BCDBF #C4E1D9 #EBF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#9BCDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDBF

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDBF	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.056 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcd2',
    500: '#9bcdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdbf;
$custom-light: #b9dcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8092,
    "c": 0.05584,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDBF

secondary

#A26A7A

accent

#395AAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#111514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDBF

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

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