#9CC5BF#9CC5BF

#9CC5BF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.044 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5BF
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(171, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(171, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -14.78, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 14.86, 185.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0441 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.044 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0778, 50.7605, 56.8082)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5BF #C59CA2

analogous

#9CC5AB #9CC5BF #9CB7C5

triadic

#9CC5BF #BF9CC5 #C5BF9C

tetradic

#9CC5BF #AB9CC5 #C59CA2 #B7C59C

square

#9CC5BF #AB9CC5 #C59CA2 #B7C59C

split-complementary

#9CC5BF #C59CB7 #C5AB9C

monochromatic

#559189 #75AEA6 #9CC5BF #C3DCD8 #E9F2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9CC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9CC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5BF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5BF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.044 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad6d2',
    500: '#9cc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5bf;
$custom-light: #bad6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 26.115,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79218,
    "c": 0.04434,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5BF

secondary

#996C73

accent

#414FA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5BF

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

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