#9FBCBA#9FBCBA

#9FBCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.032 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCBA
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(176, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -10.20, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 10.45, 192.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.031 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.032 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1419, 46.8814, 53.3262)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCBA #BC9FA1

analogous

#9FBCAB #9FBCBA #9FAFBC

triadic

#9FBCBA #BA9FBC #BCBA9F

tetradic

#9FBCBA #AB9FBC #BC9FA1 #AFBC9F

square

#9FBCBA #AB9FBC #BC9FA1 #AFBC9F

split-complementary

#9FBCBA #BC9FAF #BCAB9F

monochromatic

#5C8482 #7BA3A0 #9FBCBA #C3D5D4 #E7EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FBCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#9FBCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCBA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCBA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.032 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0ce',
    500: '#9fbcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcba;
$custom-light: #bbd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCBA

secondary

#E0D7D8

accent

#494F9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121413

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCBA

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

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