#9EC2B8#9EC2B8

#9EC2B8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.041 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC2B8
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 184)
HSL	hsl(163, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(163, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -14.06, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 14.10, 175.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.041 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.041 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0417, 49.3121, 52.6412)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC2B8 #C29EA8

analogous

#9EC2A6 #9EC2B8 #9EBAC2

triadic

#9EC2B8 #B89EC2 #C2B89E

tetradic

#9EC2B8 #A69EC2 #C29EA8 #BAC29E

square

#9EC2B8 #A69EC2 #C29EA8 #BAC29E

split-complementary

#9EC2B8 #C29EBA #C2A69E

monochromatic

#598D7E #78AA9C #9EC2B8 #C4DAD4 #E9F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#9EC2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC2B8

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC2B8	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.041 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd4cd',
    500: '#9ec2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec2b8;
$custom-light: #bbd4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.04112,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC2B8

secondary

#E3D9DC

accent

#445EA1

background

#FBFDFC

surface

#F6FAF9

border

#D0D3D2

text

#121413

muted

#818382

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC2B8

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

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