#9BECEF#9BECEF

#9BECEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.079 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BECEF
RGB	rgb(155, 236, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(182, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -23.86, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 25.60, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0749 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.079 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0875, 73.1877, 92.6577)
Luminance	0.7319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BECEF #EF9E9B

analogous

#9BEFC8 #9BECEF #9BC2EF

triadic

#9BECEF #EF9BEC #ECEF9B

tetradic

#9BECEF #C89BEF #EF9E9B #C2EF9B

square

#9BECEF #C89BEF #EF9E9B #C2EF9B

split-complementary

#9BECEF #EF9BC2 #EFC89B

monochromatic

#31D8DE #66E2E7 #9BECEF #D0F6F7 #E5FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#9BECEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#9BECEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BECEF

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BECEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BECEF	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79F1ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9becef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 236, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.079 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf2f4',
    500: '#9becef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9becef;
$custom-light: #bcf2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9becef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89216,
    "c": 0.07909,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BECEF

secondary

#CC6662

accent

#1811D4

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BECEF

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

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