#9CBCBC#9CBCBC

#9CBCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.035 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCBC
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -10.74, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 11.33, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0332 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.035 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7682, 46.6640, 54.4263)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCBC #BC9C9C

analogous

#9CBCAC #9CBCBC #9CACBC

triadic

#9CBCBC #BC9CBC #BCBC9C

tetradic

#9CBCBC #AC9CBC #BC9C9C #ACBC9C

square

#9CBCBC #AC9CBC #BC9C9C #ACBC9C

split-complementary

#9CBCBC #BC9CAC #BCAC9C

monochromatic

#598484 #78A3A3 #9CBCBC #C0D5D5 #E5EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9CBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#9CBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCBC

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCBC	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.035 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0d0',
    500: '#9cbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcbc;
$custom-light: #b9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77158,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCBC

secondary

#DFD5D5

accent

#48489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCBC

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

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