#9EBCBC#9EBCBC

#9EBCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.033 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCBC
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -10.10, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 10.65, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0312 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.033 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1585, 46.8652, 54.4446)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCBC #BC9E9E

analogous

#9EBCAD #9EBCBC #9EADBC

triadic

#9EBCBC #BC9EBC #BCBC9E

tetradic

#9EBCBC #AD9EBC #BC9E9E #ADBC9E

square

#9EBCBC #AD9EBC #BC9E9E #ADBC9E

split-complementary

#9EBCBC #BC9EAD #BCAD9E

monochromatic

#5B8484 #7AA3A3 #9EBCBC #C2D5D5 #E6EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#9EBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCBC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCBC	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.033 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0d0',
    500: '#9ebcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcbc;
$custom-light: #bbd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77294,
    "c": 0.03253,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCBC

secondary

#E0D6D6

accent

#49499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCBC

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

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