#9BEAEF#9BEAEF

#9BEAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.078 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEAEF
RGB	rgb(155, 234, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(184, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -22.88, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 25.01, 203.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0725 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.078 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5149, 72.0425, 92.4669)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEAEF #EFA09B

analogous

#9BEFCA #9BEAEF #9BC0EF

triadic

#9BEAEF #EF9BEA #EAEF9B

tetradic

#9BEAEF #CA9BEF #EFA09B #C0EF9B

square

#9BEAEF #CA9BEF #EFA09B #C0EF9B

split-complementary

#9BEAEF #EF9BC0 #EFCA9B

monochromatic

#31D4DE #66DFE7 #9BEAEF #D0F5F7 #E5F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#9BEAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#9BEAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEAEF

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEAEF	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AF0EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9beaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 234, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.078 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf1f4',
    500: '#9beaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9beaef;
$custom-light: #bcf1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9beaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88778,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEAEF

secondary

#CC6962

accent

#1D11D4

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEAEF

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

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