#9EC0B8#9EC0B8

#9EC0B8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.038 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC0B8
RGB	rgb(158, 192, 184)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(166, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -13.02, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 13.02, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0383 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.038 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5996, 48.4278, 52.4938)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC0B8 #C09EA6

analogous

#9EC0A7 #9EC0B8 #9EB7C0

triadic

#9EC0B8 #B89EC0 #C0B89E

tetradic

#9EC0B8 #A79EC0 #C09EA6 #B7C09E

square

#9EC0B8 #A79EC0 #C09EA6 #B7C09E

split-complementary

#9EC0B8 #C09EB7 #C0A79E

monochromatic

#5A8A7F #79A89D #9EC0B8 #C3D8D3 #E8F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EC0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9EC0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC0B8

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC0B8	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 192, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.038 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd3cd',
    500: '#9ec0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec0b8;
$custom-light: #bbd3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.03831,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC0B8

secondary

#E2D8DA

accent

#465BA0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC0B8

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

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