#9CBDB2#9CBDB2

#9CBDB2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.039 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDB2
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(160, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(160, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -13.34, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 13.47, 172.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0386 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.039 173)
XYZ	xyz(39.9417, 46.6763, 49.0159)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDB2 #BD9CA7

analogous

#9CBDA1 #9CBDB2 #9CB7BD

triadic

#9CBDB2 #B29CBD #BDB29C

tetradic

#9CBDB2 #A19CBD #BD9CA7 #B7BD9C

square

#9CBDB2 #A19CBD #BD9CA7 #B7BD9C

split-complementary

#9CBDB2 #BD9CB7 #BDA19C

monochromatic

#598677 #77A595 #9CBDB2 #C1D5CF #E5EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9CBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#9CBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDB2

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDB2	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.039 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d1c9',
    500: '#9cbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdb2;
$custom-light: #b9d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.03894,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.46677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDB2

secondary

#E0D5D9

accent

#47649E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDB2

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

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