#9EB8A6#9EB8A6

#9EB8A6 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.038 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8A6
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(138, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(138, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -12.43, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 13.88, 153.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0347 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.038 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1224, 44.3025, 42.6117)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8A6 #B89EB0

analogous

#A3B89E #9EB8A6 #9EB8B3

triadic

#9EB8A6 #A69EB8 #B8A69E

tetradic

#9EB8A6 #9EA3B8 #B89EB0 #B8B39E

square

#9EB8A6 #9EA3B8 #B89EB0 #B8B39E

split-complementary

#9EB8A6 #B39EB8 #B89EA3

monochromatic

#5D7F67 #7B9E86 #9EB8A6 #C1D2C6 #E5ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9EB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#9EB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8A6

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8A6	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.038 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdc0',
    500: '#9eb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8a6;
$custom-light: #bacdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.03823,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8A6

secondary

#DDD5DA

accent

#4C829A

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8A6

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

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