#9CBCB4#9CBCB4

#9CBCB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.036 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCB4
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(165, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -12.41, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 12.42, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0364 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.036 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9296, 46.3285, 50.0097)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCB4 #BC9CA4

analogous

#9CBCA4 #9CBCB4 #9CB4BC

triadic

#9CBCB4 #B49CBC #BCB49C

tetradic

#9CBCB4 #A49CBC #BC9CA4 #B4BC9C

square

#9CBCB4 #A49CBC #BC9CA4 #B4BC9C

split-complementary

#9CBCB4 #BC9CB4 #BCA49C

monochromatic

#598479 #78A398 #9CBCB4 #C0D5D0 #E5EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9CBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#9CBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCB4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCB4	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.036 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0ca',
    500: '#9cbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcb4;
$custom-light: #b9d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.03645,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCB4

secondary

#DFD5D7

accent

#485D9E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCB4

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

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