#9EB6AE#9EB6AE

#9EB6AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.029 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6AE
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(160, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(160, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -9.82, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 9.90, 172.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0285 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.029 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4666, 43.7802, 46.4600)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6AE #B69EA6

analogous

#9EB6A2 #9EB6AE #9EB2B6

triadic

#9EB6AE #AE9EB6 #B6AE9E

tetradic

#9EB6AE #A29EB6 #B69EA6 #B2B69E

square

#9EB6AE #A29EB6 #B69EA6 #B2B69E

split-complementary

#9EB6AE #B69EB2 #B6A29E

monochromatic

#5D7C72 #7B9C91 #9EB6AE #C1D0CB #E4EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9EB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9EB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6AE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6AE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.029 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbc6',
    500: '#9eb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6ae;
$custom-light: #bacbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.02872,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6AE

secondary

#DCD4D7

accent

#4D6698

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6AE

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

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