#9EC6BC#9EC6BC

#9EC6BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.045 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC6BC
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(165, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -15.29, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 15.31, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0448 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.045 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3692, 51.2866, 55.1815)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC6BC #C69EA8

analogous

#9EC6A8 #9EC6BC #9EBCC6

triadic

#9EC6BC #BC9EC6 #C6BC9E

tetradic

#9EC6BC #A89EC6 #C69EA8 #BCC69E

square

#9EC6BC #A89EC6 #C69EA8 #BCC69E

split-complementary

#9EC6BC #C69EBC #C6A89E

monochromatic

#569384 #77AFA1 #9EC6BC #C5DDD7 #EBF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9EC6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9EC6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC6BC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC6BC	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.045 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd7d0',
    500: '#9ec6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec6bc;
$custom-light: #bbd7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 25.974,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79477,
    "c": 0.04482,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC6BC

secondary

#9A6E79

accent

#415AA5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC6BC

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

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