#9BE5CD#9BE5CD

#9BE5CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.081 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5CD
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 205)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(161, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -28.03, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 28.38, 171.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0803 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.081 172)
XYZ	xyz(52.5525, 67.4121, 67.9885)
Luminance	0.6742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5CD #E59BB3

analogous

#9BE5A8 #9BE5CD #9BD8E5

triadic

#9BE5CD #CD9BE5 #E5CD9B

tetradic

#9BE5CD #A89BE5 #E59BB3 #D8E59B

square

#9BE5CD #A89BE5 #E59BB3 #D8E59B

split-complementary

#9BE5CD #E59BD8 #E5A89B

monochromatic

#3ACC9C #6AD8B5 #9BE5CD #CCF2E5 #E7F9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#9BE5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#9BE5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5CD

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5CD	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1DCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87E6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.081 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baeddc',
    500: '#9be5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5cd;
$custom-light: #baeddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.541,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86657,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.67415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5CD

secondary

#BF6582

accent

#1F55C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121615

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5CD

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

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