#9BE5CF#9BE5CF

#9BE5CF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.080 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5CF
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 207)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(162, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -27.61, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 27.82, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0795 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.08 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7954, 67.5093, 69.2681)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5CF #E59BB1

analogous

#9BE5AA #9BE5CF #9BD6E5

triadic

#9BE5CF #CF9BE5 #E5CF9B

tetradic

#9BE5CF #AA9BE5 #E59BB1 #D6E59B

square

#9BE5CF #AA9BE5 #E59BB1 #D6E59B

split-complementary

#9BE5CF #E59BD6 #E5AA9B

monochromatic

#3ACCA0 #6AD8B8 #9BE5CF #CCF2E6 #E7F9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#9BE5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#9BE5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5CF

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5CF	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E7DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.080 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baeddd',
    500: '#9be5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5cf;
$custom-light: #baeddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86713,
    "c": 0.07992,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5CF

secondary

#BF6580

accent

#1F51C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121615

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5CF

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

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