#9EB8BB#9EB8BB

#9EB8BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.029 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB8BB
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -8.20, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 9.35, 208.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.026 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.029 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2084, 45.1369, 53.5979)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB8BB #BBA19E

analogous

#9EBBAF #9EB8BB #9EA9BB

triadic

#9EB8BB #BB9EB8 #B8BB9E

tetradic

#9EB8BB #AF9EBB #BBA19E #A9BB9E

square

#9EB8BB #AF9EBB #BBA19E #A9BB9E

split-complementary

#9EB8BB #BB9EA9 #BBAF9E

monochromatic

#5C7F83 #7A9EA2 #9EB8BB #C2D2D4 #E6EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9EB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#9EB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB8BB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB8BB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.029 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdcf',
    500: '#9eb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb8bb;
$custom-light: #bbcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76397,
    "c": 0.02876,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB8BB

secondary

#DFD7D6

accent

#524A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB8BB

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

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