#9EB8AC#9EB8AC

#9EB8AC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.033 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8AC
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(152, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(152, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -11.27, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 11.69, 164.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0322 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.033 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6856, 44.5278, 45.5783)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8AC #B89EAA

analogous

#9EB89F #9EB8AC #9EB7B8

triadic

#9EB8AC #AC9EB8 #B8AC9E

tetradic

#9EB8AC #9F9EB8 #B89EAA #B7B89E

square

#9EB8AC #9F9EB8 #B89EAA #B7B89E

split-complementary

#9EB8AC #B89EB7 #B89F9E

monochromatic

#5D7F6F #7B9E8E #9EB8AC #C1D2CA #E5ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9EB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9EB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8AC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8AC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.033 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdc4',
    500: '#9eb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8ac;
$custom-light: #bacdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8AC

secondary

#DDD5D9

accent

#4C709A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8AC

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

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