#9DBDB2#9DBDB2

#9DBDB2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.038 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDB2
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(159, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(159, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -13.01, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 13.16, 171.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0377 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.038 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1360, 46.7766, 49.0250)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDB2 #BD9DA8

analogous

#9DBDA2 #9DBDB2 #9DB8BD

triadic

#9DBDB2 #B29DBD #BDB29D

tetradic

#9DBDB2 #A29DBD #BD9DA8 #B8BD9D

square

#9DBDB2 #A29DBD #BD9DA8 #B8BD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDB2 #BD9DB8 #BDA29D

monochromatic

#5A8677 #78A495 #9DBDB2 #C2D6CF #E6EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9DBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9DBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDB2

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDB2	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.038 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad1c9',
    500: '#9dbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdb2;
$custom-light: #bad1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.375,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.03799,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDB2

secondary

#E0D6D9

accent

#48659E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDB2

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

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