#9FB8BC#9FB8BC

#9FB8BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.028 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB8BC
RGB	rgb(159, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -7.66, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 9.09, 212.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0246 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.028 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5133, 45.2817, 54.1729)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB8BC #BCA39F

analogous

#9FBCB1 #9FB8BC #9FA9BC

triadic

#9FB8BC #BC9FB8 #B8BC9F

tetradic

#9FB8BC #B19FBC #BCA39F #A9BC9F

square

#9FB8BC #B19FBC #BCA39F #A9BC9F

split-complementary

#9FB8BC #BC9FA9 #BCB19F

monochromatic

#5C7F84 #7B9DA3 #9FB8BC #C3D3D5 #E7EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9FB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#9FB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB8BC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB8BC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.028 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcdd0',
    500: '#9fb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb8bc;
$custom-light: #bbcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB8BC

secondary

#E0D8D7

accent

#55499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB8BC

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

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