#9BE5EF#9BE5EF

#9BE5EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.074 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5EF
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(187, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -20.41, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 23.75, 210.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0665 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.074 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1114, 69.2357, 91.9991)
Luminance	0.6924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5EF #EFA59B

analogous

#9BEFCF #9BE5EF #9BBBEF

triadic

#9BE5EF #EF9BE5 #E5EF9B

tetradic

#9BE5EF #CF9BEF #EFA59B #BBEF9B

square

#9BE5EF #CF9BEF #EFA59B #BBEF9B

split-complementary

#9BE5EF #EF9BBB #EFCF9B

monochromatic

#31CADE #66D7E7 #9BE5EF #D0F3F7 #E5F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#9BE5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#9BE5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5EF

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5EF	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BEBE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.074 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbedf4',
    500: '#9be5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5ef;
$custom-light: #bbedf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87686,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5EF

secondary

#CC6F62

accent

#2811D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5EF

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

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