#9DC4BB#9DC4BB

#9DC4BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.043 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4BB
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 187)
HSL	hsl(166, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(166, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -14.79, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 14.79, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0435 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.043 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6117, 50.2344, 54.4551)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4BB #C49DA6

analogous

#9DC4A8 #9DC4BB #9DBAC4

triadic

#9DC4BB #BB9DC4 #C4BB9D

tetradic

#9DC4BB #A89DC4 #C49DA6 #BAC49D

square

#9DC4BB #A89DC4 #C49DA6 #BAC49D

split-complementary

#9DC4BB #C49DBA #C4A89D

monochromatic

#579083 #77ADA0 #9DC4BB #C3DBD6 #E9F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DC4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#9DC4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4BB

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4BB	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.043 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad6cf',
    500: '#9dc4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4bb;
$custom-light: #bad6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 24.841,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78944,
    "c": 0.04348,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4BB

secondary

#986D77

accent

#4259A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111413

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4BB

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

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