#9EB8BA#9EB8BA

#9EB8BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.029 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8BA
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(184, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -8.41, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 9.31, 205.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0264 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.029 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1017, 45.0942, 53.0361)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8BA #BAA09E

analogous

#9EBAAE #9EB8BA #9EAABA

triadic

#9EB8BA #BA9EB8 #B8BA9E

tetradic

#9EB8BA #AE9EBA #BAA09E #AABA9E

square

#9EB8BA #AE9EBA #BAA09E #AABA9E

split-complementary

#9EB8BA #BA9EAA #BAAE9E

monochromatic

#5C7F81 #7A9EA1 #9EB8BA #C2D2D3 #E6ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9EB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#9EB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8BA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8BA	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.029 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdce',
    500: '#9eb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8ba;
$custom-light: #bbcdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.02858,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8BA

secondary

#DED6D6

accent

#504A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8BA

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

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