#9BE5EB#9BE5EB

#9BE5EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.074 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5EB
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 235)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(185, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -21.35, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 23.67, 205.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0681 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.074 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5271, 69.0019, 88.9213)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5EB #EBA19B

analogous

#9BEBC9 #9BE5EB #9BBDEB

triadic

#9BE5EB #EB9BE5 #E5EB9B

tetradic

#9BE5EB #C99BEB #EBA19B #BDEB9B

square

#9BE5EB #C99BEB #EBA19B #BDEB9B

split-complementary

#9BE5EB #EB9BBD #EBC99B

monochromatic

#35CAD7 #68D8E1 #9BE5EB #CEF2F5 #E5F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9BE5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#9BE5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5EB

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5EB	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CEAE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.074 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbedf1',
    500: '#9be5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5eb;
$custom-light: #bbedf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87555,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5EB

secondary

#C76B64

accent

#2517CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5EB

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

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