#9CBDBE#9CBDBE

#9CBDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.036 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDBE
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(182, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -10.84, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 11.63, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0337 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.036 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1996, 47.1795, 55.6411)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDBE #BE9D9C

analogous

#9CBEAE #9CBDBE #9CACBE

triadic

#9CBDBE #BE9CBD #BDBE9C

tetradic

#9CBDBE #AE9CBE #BE9D9C #ACBE9C

square

#9CBDBE #AE9CBE #BE9D9C #ACBE9C

split-complementary

#9CBDBE #BE9CAC #BEAE9C

monochromatic

#598687 #77A4A6 #9CBDBE #C1D6D6 #E6EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#9CBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDBE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDBE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.036 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0d1',
    500: '#9cbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdbe;
$custom-light: #b9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77439,
    "c": 0.03562,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDBE

secondary

#E0D6D6

accent

#49469F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDBE

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

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