#9EBCB8#9EBCB8

#9EBCB8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.033 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCB8
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(172, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -10.94, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 11.02, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0328 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.033 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7332, 46.6951, 52.2051)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCB8 #BC9EA2

analogous

#9EBCA9 #9EBCB8 #9EB1BC

triadic

#9EBCB8 #B89EBC #BCB89E

tetradic

#9EBCB8 #A99EBC #BC9EA2 #B1BC9E

square

#9EBCB8 #A99EBC #BC9EA2 #B1BC9E

split-complementary

#9EBCB8 #BC9EB1 #BCA99E

monochromatic

#5B847F #7AA39E #9EBCB8 #C2D5D2 #E6EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9EBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#9EBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCB8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCB8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.033 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0cd',
    500: '#9ebcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcb8;
$custom-light: #bbd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77171,
    "c": 0.03303,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCB8

secondary

#E0D6D8

accent

#49549D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCB8

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

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