#9CBFBF#9CBFBF

#9CBFBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.038 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBFBF
RGB	rgb(156, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -11.67, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 12.31, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0361 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.038 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7424, 48.0897, 56.3630)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBFBF #BF9C9C

analogous

#9CBFAD #9CBFBF #9CADBF

triadic

#9CBFBF #BF9CBF #BFBF9C

tetradic

#9CBFBF #AD9CBF #BF9C9C #ADBF9C

square

#9CBFBF #AD9CBF #BF9C9C #ADBF9C

split-complementary

#9CBFBF #BF9CAD #BFAD9C

monochromatic

#588888 #77A7A7 #9CBFBF #C1D7D7 #E6EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9CBFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#9CBFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBFBF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBFBF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.038 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d2d2',
    500: '#9cbfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbfbf;
$custom-light: #b9d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77906,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBFBF

secondary

#E1D6D6

accent

#4646A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBFBF

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

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