#9EB6B2#9EB6B2

#9EB6B2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.027 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6B2
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(170, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -9.01, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 9.04, 184.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0269 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.027 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8624, 43.9385, 48.5443)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6B2 #B69EA2

analogous

#9EB6A6 #9EB6B2 #9EAEB6

triadic

#9EB6B2 #B29EB6 #B6B29E

tetradic

#9EB6B2 #A69EB6 #B69EA2 #AEB69E

square

#9EB6B2 #A69EB6 #B69EA2 #AEB69E

split-complementary

#9EB6B2 #B69EAE #B6A69E

monochromatic

#5D7C77 #7B9C96 #9EB6B2 #C1D0CE #E4EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9EB6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9EB6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6B2

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6B2	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.027 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbc9',
    500: '#9eb6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6b2;
$custom-light: #bacbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6B2

secondary

#DCD4D5

accent

#4D5A98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6B2

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

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