#9DBDBD#9DBDBD

#9DBDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.035 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDBD
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -10.73, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 11.32, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0331 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.035 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2850, 47.2362, 55.0765)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDBD #BD9D9D

analogous

#9DBDAD #9DBDBD #9DADBD

triadic

#9DBDBD #BD9DBD #BDBD9D

tetradic

#9DBDBD #AD9DBD #BD9D9D #ADBD9D

square

#9DBDBD #AD9DBD #BD9D9D #ADBD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDBD #BD9DAD #BDAD9D

monochromatic

#5A8686 #78A4A4 #9DBDBD #C2D6D6 #E6EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#9DBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDBD

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDBD	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.035 196.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77475,
    "c": 0.03457,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDBD

secondary

#E0D6D6

accent

#48489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDBD

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

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