#9EB6AC#9EB6AC

#9EB6AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.030 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6AC
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 172)
HSL	hsl(155, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(155, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -10.21, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 10.47, 167.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0294 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.03 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2731, 43.7028, 45.4408)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6AC #B69EA8

analogous

#9EB6A0 #9EB6AC #9EB4B6

triadic

#9EB6AC #AC9EB6 #B6AC9E

tetradic

#9EB6AC #A09EB6 #B69EA8 #B4B69E

square

#9EB6AC #A09EB6 #B69EA8 #B4B69E

split-complementary

#9EB6AC #B69EB4 #B6A09E

monochromatic

#5D7C6F #7B9C8E #9EB6AC #C1D0CA #E4EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9EB6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#9EB6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6AC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6AC	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.030 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbc4',
    500: '#9eb6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6ac;
$custom-light: #bacbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.02996,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6AC

secondary

#DCD4D7

accent

#4D6C98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6AC

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

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