#9DBCB4#9DBCB4

#9DBCB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.035 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCB4
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(165, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(165, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -12.09, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 12.10, 177.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0354 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.035 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1239, 46.4287, 50.0188)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCB4 #BC9DA5

analogous

#9DBCA4 #9DBCB4 #9DB4BC

triadic

#9DBCB4 #B49DBC #BCB49D

tetradic

#9DBCB4 #A49DBC #BC9DA5 #B4BC9D

square

#9DBCB4 #A49DBC #BC9DA5 #B4BC9D

split-complementary

#9DBCB4 #BC9DB4 #BCA49D

monochromatic

#5A8479 #79A398 #9DBCB4 #C1D5D0 #E6EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9DBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#9DBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCB4

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCB4	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.035 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0ca',
    500: '#9dbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcb4;
$custom-light: #bad0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.03547,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCB4

secondary

#DFD6D8

accent

#485E9D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCB4

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

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