#9CBCB8#9CBCB8

#9CBCB8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.035 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCB8
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(173, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -11.59, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 11.69, 187.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0348 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.035 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3429, 46.4939, 52.1868)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCB8 #BC9CA0

analogous

#9CBCA8 #9CBCB8 #9CB0BC

triadic

#9CBCB8 #B89CBC #BCB89C

tetradic

#9CBCB8 #A89CBC #BC9CA0 #B0BC9C

square

#9CBCB8 #A89CBC #BC9CA0 #B0BC9C

split-complementary

#9CBCB8 #BC9CB0 #BCA89C

monochromatic

#59847F #78A39E #9CBCB8 #C0D5D2 #E5EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9CBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#9CBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCB8

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCB8	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.035 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0cd',
    500: '#9cbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcb8;
$custom-light: #b9d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.03508,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCB8

secondary

#DFD5D6

accent

#48539E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCB8

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

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