#9EBCBA#9EBCBA

#9EBCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.033 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCBA
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(176, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -10.52, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 10.79, 192.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.032 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.033 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9444, 46.7796, 53.3170)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCBA #BC9EA0

analogous

#9EBCAB #9EBCBA #9EAFBC

triadic

#9EBCBA #BA9EBC #BCBA9E

tetradic

#9EBCBA #AB9EBC #BC9EA0 #AFBC9E

square

#9EBCBA #AB9EBC #BC9EA0 #AFBC9E

split-complementary

#9EBCBA #BC9EAF #BCAB9E

monochromatic

#5B8482 #7AA3A0 #9EBCBA #C2D5D4 #E6EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9EBCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9EBCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCBA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCBA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.033 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0ce',
    500: '#9ebcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcba;
$custom-light: #bbd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77232,
    "c": 0.03266,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCBA

secondary

#E0D6D7

accent

#494E9D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCBA

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

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