#9BE3EA#9BE3EA

#9BE3EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.072 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE3EA
RGB	rgb(155, 227, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(185, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -20.60, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 23.14, 207.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.066 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.072 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8328, 67.8439, 87.9791)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE3EA #EAA29B

analogous

#9BEACA #9BE3EA #9BBCEA

triadic

#9BE3EA #EA9BE3 #E3EA9B

tetradic

#9BE3EA #CA9BEA #EAA29B #BCEA9B

square

#9BE3EA #CA9BEA #EAA29B #BCEA9B

split-complementary

#9BE3EA #EA9BBC #EACA9B

monochromatic

#36C7D5 #68D5DF #9BE3EA #CEF1F5 #E6F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#9BE3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#9BE3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE3EA

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE3EA	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DE8E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 227, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.072 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbecf0',
    500: '#9be3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be3ea;
$custom-light: #bbecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87085,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE3EA

secondary

#C56D64

accent

#2818CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE3EA

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

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