#9DBDB8#9DBDB8

#9DBDB8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.035 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDB8
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(171, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -11.79, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 11.83, 185.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0352 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.035 185)
XYZ	xyz(40.7516, 47.0228, 52.2673)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDB8 #BD9DA2

analogous

#9DBDA8 #9DBDB8 #9DB2BD

triadic

#9DBDB8 #B89DBD #BDB89D

tetradic

#9DBDB8 #A89DBD #BD9DA2 #B2BD9D

square

#9DBDB8 #A89DBD #BD9DA2 #B2BD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDB8 #BD9DB2 #BDA89D

monochromatic

#5A867F #78A49E #9DBDB8 #C2D6D2 #E6EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9DBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9DBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDB8

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDB8	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.035 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad1cd',
    500: '#9dbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdb8;
$custom-light: #bad1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77321,
    "c": 0.03531,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.47024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDB8

secondary

#E0D6D8

accent

#48559E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDB8

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

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