#9BE9EE#9BE9EE

#9BE9EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE9EE
RGB	rgb(155, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(184, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -22.62, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 24.75, 203.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0717 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(58.0837, 71.4158, 91.5963)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE9EE #EEA09B

analogous

#9BEEC9 #9BE9EE #9BC0EE

triadic

#9BE9EE #EE9BE9 #E9EE9B

tetradic

#9BE9EE #C99BEE #EEA09B #C0EE9B

square

#9BE9EE #C99BEE #EEA09B #C0EE9B

split-complementary

#9BE9EE #EE9BC0 #EEC99B

monochromatic

#32D2DC #67DDE5 #9BE9EE #CFF5F7 #E5F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#9BE9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#9BE9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE9EE

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE9EE	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AEEEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 233, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf0f3',
    500: '#9be9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be9ee;
$custom-light: #bcf0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.614,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88527,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.71419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE9EE

secondary

#CA6963

accent

#1E13D3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE9EE

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

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