#9EB8B4#9EB8B4

#9EB8B4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.029 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8B4
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(171, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -9.66, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 9.70, 185.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0289 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.029 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4772, 44.8444, 49.7471)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8B4 #B89EA2

analogous

#9EB8A7 #9EB8B4 #9EAFB8

triadic

#9EB8B4 #B49EB8 #B8B49E

tetradic

#9EB8B4 #A79EB8 #B89EA2 #AFB89E

square

#9EB8B4 #A79EB8 #B89EA2 #AFB89E

split-complementary

#9EB8B4 #B89EAF #B8A79E

monochromatic

#5D7F7A #7B9E99 #9EB8B4 #C1D2CF #E5ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#9EB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#9EB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8B4

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8B4	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.029 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdca',
    500: '#9eb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8b4;
$custom-light: #bbcdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.02901,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8B4

secondary

#DDD5D6

accent

#4C589A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8B4

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

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