#9FB8BB#9FB8BB

#9FB8BB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.028 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB8BB
RGB	rgb(159, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(186, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -7.87, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 9.02, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.025 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.028 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4059, 45.2388, 53.6072)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB8BB #BBA29F

analogous

#9FBBB0 #9FB8BB #9FAABB

triadic

#9FB8BB #BB9FB8 #B8BB9F

tetradic

#9FB8BB #B09FBB #BBA29F #AABB9F

square

#9FB8BB #B09FBB #BBA29F #AABB9F

split-complementary

#9FB8BB #BB9FAA #BBB09F

monochromatic

#5D7F83 #7B9EA2 #9FB8BB #C3D2D4 #E7EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9FB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#9FB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB8BB

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB8BB	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.028 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdcf',
    500: '#9fb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb8bb;
$custom-light: #bbcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76467,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB8BB

secondary

#DFD8D7

accent

#534A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB8BB

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

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