#9DB5AA#9DB5AA

#9DB5AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.031 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5AA
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(153, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(153, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -10.42, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 10.80, 164.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0298 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.031 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6825, 43.1174, 44.3596)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5AA #B59DA8

analogous

#9DB59E #9DB5AA #9DB4B5

triadic

#9DB5AA #AA9DB5 #B5AA9D

tetradic

#9DB5AA #9E9DB5 #B59DA8 #B4B59D

square

#9DB5AA #9E9DB5 #B59DA8 #B4B59D

split-complementary

#9DB5AA #B59DB4 #B59E9D

monochromatic

#5D7B6D #7A9B8C #9DB5AA #C0CFC8 #E3EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9DB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#9DB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5AA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5AA	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.031 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbc3',
    500: '#9db5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5aa;
$custom-light: #bacbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 13.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.03069,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5AA

secondary

#DBD3D7

accent

#4D7098

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5AA

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

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