#9EC2B9#9EC2B9

#9EC2B9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.041 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC2B9
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(165, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -13.85, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 13.86, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0406 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.041 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1469, 49.3542, 53.1952)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC2B9 #C29EA7

analogous

#9EC2A7 #9EC2B9 #9EB9C2

triadic

#9EC2B9 #B99EC2 #C2B99E

tetradic

#9EC2B9 #A79EC2 #C29EA7 #B9C29E

square

#9EC2B9 #A79EC2 #C29EA7 #B9C29E

split-complementary

#9EC2B9 #C29EB9 #C2A79E

monochromatic

#598D80 #78AA9E #9EC2B9 #C4DAD4 #E9F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#9EC2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC2B9

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC2B9	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.041 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd4ce',
    500: '#9ec2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec2b9;
$custom-light: #bbd4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC2B9

secondary

#E3D9DB

accent

#445CA1

background

#FBFDFC

surface

#F6FAF9

border

#D0D3D2

text

#121413

muted

#818382

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC2B9

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

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