#9BE5CC#9BE5CC

#9BE5CC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.082 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5CC
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 204)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(160, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -28.24, 4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 28.66, 170.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0807 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.082 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4322, 67.3640, 67.3548)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5CC #E59BB4

analogous

#9BE5A7 #9BE5CC #9BD9E5

triadic

#9BE5CC #CC9BE5 #E5CC9B

tetradic

#9BE5CC #A79BE5 #E59BB4 #D9E59B

square

#9BE5CC #A79BE5 #E59BB4 #D9E59B

split-complementary

#9BE5CC #E59BD9 #E5A79B

monochromatic

#3ACC9A #6AD8B3 #9BE5CC #CCF2E5 #E7F9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#9BE5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#9BE5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5CC

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5CC	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1DCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87E6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.082 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baeddb',
    500: '#9be5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5cc;
$custom-light: #baeddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.73,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8663,
    "c": 0.08168,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5CC

secondary

#BF6584

accent

#1F58C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFB

border

#D1D6D4

text

#121615

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5CC

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

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