#9DB9BE#9DB9BE

#9DB9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.031 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB9BE
RGB	rgb(157, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -8.41, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 10.17, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0273 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.031 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5454, 45.5826, 55.3673)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB9BE #BEA29D

analogous

#9DBEB2 #9DB9BE #9DA8BE

triadic

#9DB9BE #BE9DB9 #B9BE9D

tetradic

#9DB9BE #B29DBE #BEA29D #A8BE9D

square

#9DB9BE #B29DBE #BEA29D #A8BE9D

split-complementary

#9DB9BE #BE9DA8 #BEB29D

monochromatic

#5A8087 #789FA6 #9DB9BE #C2D3D6 #E7EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9DB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#9DB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB9BE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB9BE	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.031 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baced1',
    500: '#9db9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db9be;
$custom-light: #baced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76639,
    "c": 0.03135,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB9BE

secondary

#E0D8D6

accent

#54479F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB9BE

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

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