#9EB4B2#9EB4B2

#9EB4B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.024 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4B2
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(175, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -7.95, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 8.10, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0241 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.024 190)
XYZ	xyz(38.4557, 43.1252, 48.4088)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4B2 #B49EA0

analogous

#9EB4A7 #9EB4B2 #9EABB4

triadic

#9EB4B2 #B29EB4 #B4B29E

tetradic

#9EB4B2 #A79EB4 #B49EA0 #ABB49E

square

#9EB4B2 #A79EB4 #B49EA0 #ABB49E

split-complementary

#9EB4B2 #B49EAB #B4A79E

monochromatic

#5E7A77 #7B9997 #9EB4B2 #C1CFCD #E3E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#9EB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4B2

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4B2	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.024 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacac9',
    500: '#9eb4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4b2;
$custom-light: #bacac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.02444,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4B2

secondary

#DAD3D4

accent

#4F5597

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4B2

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

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