#9CB596#9CB596

#9CB596 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.052 H 139.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB596
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(108, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(108, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -14.50, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 19.46, 138.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0393 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.052 139.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7381, 42.3171, 35.1334)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB596 #AF96B5

analogous

#ABB596 #9CB596 #96B5A0

triadic

#9CB596 #969CB5 #B5969C

tetradic

#9CB596 #96ABB5 #AF96B5 #B5A096

square

#9CB596 #96ABB5 #AF96B5 #B5A096

split-complementary

#9CB596 #A096B5 #B596AB

monochromatic

#5D7A56 #7A9C72 #9CB596 #BECEBA #E0E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#9CB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB596

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB596	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.052 139.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbb5',
    500: '#9cb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb596;
$custom-light: #b9cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.387,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.05164,
    "h": 139.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB596

secondary

#D7CED9

accent

#4A9C8C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB596

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

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