#9EB896#9EB896

#9EB896 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.056 H 138.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB896
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(106, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(106, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -15.34, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 21.01, 136.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0415 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.056 138.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7449, 43.7515, 35.3572)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB896 #B096B8

analogous

#AFB896 #9EB896 #96B89F

triadic

#9EB896 #969EB8 #B8969E

tetradic

#9EB896 #96AFB8 #B096B8 #B89F96

square

#9EB896 #96AFB8 #B096B8 #B89F96

split-complementary

#9EB896 #9F96B8 #B896AF

monochromatic

#5F7E55 #7C9F71 #9EB896 #C0D1BB #E1E9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9EB896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9EB896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB896

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB896	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.056 138.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdb5',
    500: '#9eb896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb896;
$custom-light: #bbcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105.882,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 138.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB896

secondary

#D8CFDB

accent

#489E89

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F6

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB896

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

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