#9BE4EF#9BE4EF

#9BE4EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.074 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE4EF
RGB	rgb(155, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(188, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -19.91, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 23.54, 212.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0653 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.074 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8356, 68.6839, 91.9071)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE4EF #EFA69B

analogous

#9BEFD0 #9BE4EF #9BBAEF

triadic

#9BE4EF #EF9BE4 #E4EF9B

tetradic

#9BE4EF #D09BEF #EFA69B #BAEF9B

square

#9BE4EF #D09BEF #EFA69B #BAEF9B

split-complementary

#9BE4EF #EF9BBA #EFD09B

monochromatic

#31C8DE #66D6E7 #9BE4EF #D0F2F7 #E5F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9BE4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#9BE4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE4EF

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE4EF	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BEAE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.074 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbecf4',
    500: '#9be4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be4ef;
$custom-light: #bbecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87468,
    "c": 0.0738,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE4EF

secondary

#CC7062

accent

#2B11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE4EF

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

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