#9BE5DD#9BE5DD

#9BE5DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.074 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5DD
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 221)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(174, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -24.56, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 24.80, 187.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0737 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.074 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5835, 68.2245, 78.6851)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5DD #E59BA3

analogous

#9BE5B8 #9BE5DD #9BC8E5

triadic

#9BE5DD #DD9BE5 #E5DD9B

tetradic

#9BE5DD #B89BE5 #E59BA3 #C8E59B

square

#9BE5DD #B89BE5 #E59BA3 #C8E59B

split-complementary

#9BE5DD #E59BC8 #E5B89B

monochromatic

#3ACCBC #6AD8CC #9BE5DD #CCF2EE #E7F9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9BE5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#9BE5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5DD

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5DD	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDDDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.074 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbede7',
    500: '#9be5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5dd;
$custom-light: #bbede7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87118,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5DD

secondary

#BF656F

accent

#1F31C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5DD

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

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