#9DBDBC#9DBDBC

#9DBDBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.035 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDBC
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(178, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -10.95, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 11.37, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0336 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.035 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1769, 47.1929, 54.5068)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDBC #BD9D9E

analogous

#9DBDAC #9DBDBC #9DAEBD

triadic

#9DBDBC #BC9DBD #BDBC9D

tetradic

#9DBDBC #AC9DBD #BD9D9E #AEBD9D

square

#9DBDBC #AC9DBD #BD9D9E #AEBD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDBC #BD9DAE #BDAC9D

monochromatic

#5A8684 #78A4A3 #9DBDBC #C2D6D5 #E6EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#9DBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDBC

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDBC	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.035 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0d0',
    500: '#9dbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdbc;
$custom-light: #bad0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.03461,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDBC

secondary

#E0D6D6

accent

#484A9E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDBC

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

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