#9BE5EA#9BE5EA

#9BE5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.073 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5EA
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(184, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -21.59, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 23.68, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0684 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.073 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3830, 68.9443, 88.1625)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5EA #EAA09B

analogous

#9BEAC8 #9BE5EA #9BBEEA

triadic

#9BE5EA #EA9BE5 #E5EA9B

tetradic

#9BE5EA #C89BEA #EAA09B #BEEA9B

square

#9BE5EA #C89BEA #EAA09B #BEEA9B

split-complementary

#9BE5EA #EA9BBE #EAC89B

monochromatic

#36CBD5 #68D8DF #9BE5EA #CEF2F5 #E6F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9BE5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#9BE5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5EA

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5EA	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DEAE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.073 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbedf0',
    500: '#9be5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5ea;
$custom-light: #bbedf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.797,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87523,
    "c": 0.07345,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5EA

secondary

#C56A64

accent

#2418CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5EA

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

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