#9DBDAD#9DBDAD

#9DBDAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.041 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDAD
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(150, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(150, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -14.01, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 14.71, 162.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0397 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.041 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6431, 46.5794, 46.4291)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDAD #BD9DAD

analogous

#9DBD9D #9DBDAD #9DBDBD

triadic

#9DBDAD #AD9DBD #BDAD9D

tetradic

#9DBDAD #9D9DBD #BD9DAD #BDBD9D

square

#9DBDAD #9D9DBD #BD9DAD #BDBD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDAD #BD9DBD #BD9D9D

monochromatic

#5A8670 #78A48E #9DBDAD #C2D6CC #E6EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9DBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#9DBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDAD

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDAD	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.041 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad1c5',
    500: '#9dbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdad;
$custom-light: #bad1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.04142,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDAD

secondary

#E0D6DB

accent

#48739E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111412

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDAD

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

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