#9DBCBF#9DBCBF

#9DBCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.034 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCBF
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -9.78, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 10.99, 207.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.031 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.034 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2893, 46.8949, 56.1563)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCBF #BFA09D

analogous

#9DBFB1 #9DBCBF #9DABBF

triadic

#9DBCBF #BF9DBC #BCBF9D

tetradic

#9DBCBF #B19DBF #BFA09D #ABBF9D

square

#9DBCBF #B19DBF #BFA09D #ABBF9D

split-complementary

#9DBCBF #BF9DAB #BFB19D

monochromatic

#598488 #78A3A7 #9DBCBF #C2D5D7 #E7EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9DBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#9DBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCBF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCBF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.034 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0d2',
    500: '#9dbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcbf;
$custom-light: #bad0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.03383,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCBF

secondary

#E1D8D7

accent

#4E469F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCBF

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

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