#9CB899#9CB899

#9CB899 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.053 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB899
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(114, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(114, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -15.52, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 20.00, 140.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0423 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.053 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5993, 43.6481, 36.6275)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB899 #B599B8

analogous

#ABB899 #9CB899 #99B8A5

triadic

#9CB899 #999CB8 #B8999C

tetradic

#9CB899 #99ABB8 #B599B8 #B8A599

square

#9CB899 #99ABB8 #B599B8 #B8A599

split-complementary

#9CB899 #A599B8 #B899AB

monochromatic

#5C7F58 #799F75 #9CB899 #BFD1BD #E2EAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9CB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB899

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB899	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.053 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cdb7',
    500: '#9cb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb899;
$custom-light: #b9cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.194,
    "s": 17.919,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB899

secondary

#DBD1DB

accent

#499C94

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F6

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB899

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

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