#9DCBBD#9DCBBD

#9DCBBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.052 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBBD
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(162, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(162, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -17.95, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 18.07, 173.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.052 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.052 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4432, 53.5524, 56.1292)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBBD #CB9DAB

analogous

#9DCBA6 #9DCBBD #9DC2CB

triadic

#9DCBBD #BD9DCB #CBBD9D

tetradic

#9DCBBD #A69DCB #CB9DAB #C2CB9D

square

#9DCBBD #A69DCB #CB9DAB #C2CB9D

split-complementary

#9DCBBD #CB9DC2 #CBA69D

monochromatic

#529B85 #75B6A2 #9DCBBD #C5E0D8 #EBF4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DCBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#9DCBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBBD

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBBD	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.052 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badbd0',
    500: '#9dcbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbbd;
$custom-light: #badbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80543,
    "c": 0.05227,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBBD

secondary

#A06C7C

accent

#3C5DA9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBBD

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

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