#9CB8B2#9CB8B2

#9CB8B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.032 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB8B2
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(167, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(167, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -10.73, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 10.73, 180.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0317 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.032 181)
XYZ	xyz(38.8846, 44.5623, 48.6635)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB8B2 #B89CA2

analogous

#9CB8A4 #9CB8B2 #9CB0B8

triadic

#9CB8B2 #B29CB8 #B8B29C

tetradic

#9CB8B2 #A49CB8 #B89CA2 #B0B89C

square

#9CB8B2 #A49CB8 #B89CA2 #B0B89C

split-complementary

#9CB8B2 #B89CB0 #B8A49C

monochromatic

#5B7F77 #789E96 #9CB8B2 #C0D2CE #E3EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9CB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB8B2

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB8B2	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.032 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cdc9',
    500: '#9cb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb8b2;
$custom-light: #b9cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75981,
    "c": 0.03173,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB8B2

secondary

#DCD3D5

accent

#4B5C9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB8B2

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

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