#9DB8BC#9DB8BC

#9DB8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.030 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB8BC
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -8.31, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 9.76, 211.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0267 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.03 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1198, 45.0788, 54.1545)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB8BC #BCA19D

analogous

#9DBCB0 #9DB8BC #9DA8BC

triadic

#9DB8BC #BC9DB8 #B8BC9D

tetradic

#9DB8BC #B09DBC #BCA19D #A8BC9D

square

#9DB8BC #B09DBC #BCA19D #A8BC9D

split-complementary

#9DB8BC #BC9DA8 #BCB09D

monochromatic

#5A7F84 #799EA3 #9DB8BC #C1D2D5 #E6EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9DB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#9DB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB8BC

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB8BC	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.030 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdd0',
    500: '#9db8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db8bc;
$custom-light: #bacdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.03005,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB8BC

secondary

#DFD7D6

accent

#53489D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB8BC

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

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