#9BECDE#9BECDE

#9BECDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.082 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BECDE
RGB	rgb(155, 236, 222)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(170, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -27.73, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 27.75, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0817 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.082 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6931, 72.2299, 80.0475)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BECDE #EC9BA9

analogous

#9BECB6 #9BECDE #9BD2EC

triadic

#9BECDE #DE9BEC #ECDE9B

tetradic

#9BECDE #B69BEC #EC9BA9 #D2EC9B

square

#9BECDE #B69BEC #EC9BA9 #D2EC9B

split-complementary

#9BECDE #EC9BD2 #ECB69B

monochromatic

#34D8BC #68E2CD #9BECDE #CEF6EF #E5FAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#9BECDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#9BECDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BECDE

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BECDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BECDE	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9becde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 236, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.082 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbf2e8',
    500: '#9becde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9becde;
$custom-light: #bbf2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9becde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.63,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88698,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BECDE

secondary

#C86375

accent

#1636D0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121716

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BECDE

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

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