#9EBBB5#9EBBB5

#9EBBB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.033 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBBB5
RGB	rgb(158, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(168, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -11.03, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 11.03, 181.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0326 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.033 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2092, 46.1449, 50.4955)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBBB5 #BB9EA4

analogous

#9EBBA6 #9EBBB5 #9EB3BB

triadic

#9EBBB5 #B59EBB #BBB59E

tetradic

#9EBBB5 #A69EBB #BB9EA4 #B3BB9E

square

#9EBBB5 #A69EBB #BB9EA4 #B3BB9E

split-complementary

#9EBBB5 #BB9EB3 #BBA69E

monochromatic

#5C837B #7AA29A #9EBBB5 #C2D4D0 #E6EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9EBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBBB5

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBBB5	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.033 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcfcb',
    500: '#9ebbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebbb5;
$custom-light: #bbcfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.03266,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBBB5

secondary

#DFD6D8

accent

#4A5B9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBBB5

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

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