#9BECDC#9BECDC

#9BECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.083 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BECDC
RGB	rgb(155, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(168, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -28.17, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 28.17, 180.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0825 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.083 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4267, 72.1234, 78.6442)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BECDC #EC9BAB

analogous

#9BECB4 #9BECDC #9BD4EC

triadic

#9BECDC #DC9BEC #ECDC9B

tetradic

#9BECDC #B49BEC #EC9BAB #D4EC9B

square

#9BECDC #B49BEC #EC9BAB #D4EC9B

split-complementary

#9BECDC #EC9BD4 #ECB49B

monochromatic

#34D8B8 #68E2CA #9BECDC #CEF6EE #E5FAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#9BECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#9BECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BECDC

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BECDC	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9becdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.083 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbf2e6',
    500: '#9becdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9becdc;
$custom-light: #bbf2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9becdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.148,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8864,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BECDC

secondary

#C86377

accent

#163AD0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121716

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BECDC

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

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