#9CC3BC#9CC3BC

#9CC3BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.043 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC3BC
RGB	rgb(156, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(169, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -14.39, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 14.41, 183.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0427 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.043 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2999, 49.7275, 54.9369)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC3BC #C39CA3

analogous

#9CC3A9 #9CC3BC #9CB7C3

triadic

#9CC3BC #BC9CC3 #C3BC9C

tetradic

#9CC3BC #A99CC3 #C39CA3 #B7C39C

square

#9CC3BC #A99CC3 #C39CA3 #B7C39C

split-complementary

#9CC3BC #C39CB7 #C3A99C

monochromatic

#568E84 #76ACA2 #9CC3BC #C2DAD6 #E8F1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CC3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9CC3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC3BC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC3BC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.043 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5d0',
    500: '#9cc3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc3bc;
$custom-light: #bad5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78689,
    "c": 0.04275,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC3BC

secondary

#E3D8DA

accent

#4254A3

background

#FBFDFC

surface

#F6FAF9

border

#D0D3D2

text

#111414

muted

#808382

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC3BC

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

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