#9DB8A5#9DB8A5

#9DB8A5 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.040 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB8A5
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(138, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(138, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -12.96, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 14.54, 153.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0361 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.04 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8351, 44.1649, 42.1213)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB8A5 #B89DB0

analogous

#A3B89D #9DB8A5 #9DB8B3

triadic

#9DB8A5 #A59DB8 #B8A59D

tetradic

#9DB8A5 #9DA3B8 #B89DB0 #B8B39D

square

#9DB8A5 #9DA3B8 #B89DB0 #B8B39D

split-complementary

#9DB8A5 #B39DB8 #B89DA3

monochromatic

#5C7F66 #7A9E84 #9DB8A5 #C0D2C6 #E4EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9DB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#9DB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB8A5

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB8A5	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.040 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdbf',
    500: '#9db8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db8a5;
$custom-light: #bacdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.778,
    "s": 15.976,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75679,
    "c": 0.03998,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB8A5

secondary

#DDD4DA

accent

#4B839A

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB8A5

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

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