#9CB696#9CB696

#9CB696 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.053 H 139.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB696
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(109, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(109, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -15.02, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 20.11, 138.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0408 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.053 139.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9421, 42.7253, 35.2014)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB696 #B096B6

analogous

#ACB696 #9CB696 #96B6A0

triadic

#9CB696 #969CB6 #B6969C

tetradic

#9CB696 #96ACB6 #B096B6 #B6A096

square

#9CB696 #96ACB6 #B096B6 #B6A096

split-complementary

#9CB696 #A096B6 #B696AC

monochromatic

#5D7C56 #7A9D72 #9CB696 #BECFBA #E0E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9CB696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#9CB696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB696

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB696	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.053 139.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ccb5',
    500: '#9cb696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb696;
$custom-light: #b9ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.75,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 139.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB696

secondary

#D7CED9

accent

#499C8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB696

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

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