#9BE5CE#9BE5CE

#9BE5CE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.080 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5CE
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 206)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(161, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -27.82, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 28.10, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0799 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.08 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6736, 67.4605, 68.6263)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5CE #E59BB2

analogous

#9BE5A9 #9BE5CE #9BD7E5

triadic

#9BE5CE #CE9BE5 #E5CE9B

tetradic

#9BE5CE #A99BE5 #E59BB2 #D7E59B

square

#9BE5CE #A99BE5 #E59BB2 #D7E59B

split-complementary

#9BE5CE #E59BD7 #E5A99B

monochromatic

#3ACC9E #6AD8B6 #9BE5CE #CCF2E6 #E7F9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#9BE5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#9BE5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5CE

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5CE	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87E6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.080 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baeddc',
    500: '#9be5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5ce;
$custom-light: #baeddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.351,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86685,
    "c": 0.08049,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5CE

secondary

#BF6581

accent

#1F53C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121615

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5CE

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

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