#9EB8AE#9EB8AE

#9EB8AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.032 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8AE
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(157, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(157, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -10.87, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 11.07, 169.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0314 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.032 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8792, 44.6052, 46.5975)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8AE #B89EA8

analogous

#9EB8A1 #9EB8AE #9EB5B8

triadic

#9EB8AE #AE9EB8 #B8AE9E

tetradic

#9EB8AE #A19EB8 #B89EA8 #B5B89E

square

#9EB8AE #A19EB8 #B89EA8 #B5B89E

split-complementary

#9EB8AE #B89EB5 #B8A19E

monochromatic

#5D7F72 #7B9E90 #9EB8AE #C1D2CC #E5ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9EB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#9EB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8AE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8AE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.032 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacdc6',
    500: '#9eb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8ae;
$custom-light: #bacdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76003,
    "c": 0.03181,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8AE

secondary

#DDD5D8

accent

#4C6A9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8AE

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

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