#9DBDBE#9DBDBE

#9DBDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.035 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDBE
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(182, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -10.52, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 11.29, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0327 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.035 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3940, 47.2797, 55.6502)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDBE #BE9E9D

analogous

#9DBEAE #9DBDBE #9DACBE

triadic

#9DBDBE #BE9DBD #BDBE9D

tetradic

#9DBDBE #AE9DBE #BE9E9D #ACBE9D

square

#9DBDBE #AE9DBE #BE9E9D #ACBE9D

split-complementary

#9DBDBE #BE9DAC #BEAE9D

monochromatic

#5A8687 #78A4A6 #9DBDBE #C2D6D6 #E7EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#9DBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDBE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDBE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.035 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0d1',
    500: '#9dbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdbe;
$custom-light: #bad0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77506,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDBE

secondary

#E0D7D6

accent

#4A479F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111414

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDBE

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

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