#9EB9BE#9EB9BE

#9EB9BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.030 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB9BE
RGB	rgb(158, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(189, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -8.09, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 9.84, 214.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0262 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.03 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7413, 45.6836, 55.3765)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB9BE #BEA39E

analogous

#9EBEB3 #9EB9BE #9EA9BE

triadic

#9EB9BE #BE9EB9 #B9BE9E

tetradic

#9EB9BE #B39EBE #BEA39E #A9BE9E

square

#9EB9BE #B39EBE #BEA39E #A9BE9E

split-complementary

#9EB9BE #BE9EA9 #BEB39E

monochromatic

#5B8087 #799FA5 #9EB9BE #C3D3D7 #E7EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9EB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#9EB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB9BE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB9BE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.030 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbced1',
    500: '#9eb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb9be;
$custom-light: #bbced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76708,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB9BE

secondary

#E1D9D7

accent

#55479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB9BE

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

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