#9FBCBC#9FBCBC

#9FBCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.031 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCBC
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -9.78, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 10.32, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0302 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.031 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3560, 46.9671, 54.4538)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCBC #BC9F9F

analogous

#9FBCAD #9FBCBC #9FADBC

triadic

#9FBCBC #BC9FBC #BCBC9F

tetradic

#9FBCBC #AD9FBC #BC9F9F #ADBC9F

square

#9FBCBC #AD9FBC #BC9F9F #ADBC9F

split-complementary

#9FBCBC #BC9FAD #BCAD9F

monochromatic

#5C8484 #7BA3A3 #9FBCBC #C3D5D5 #E7EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#9FBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCBC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCBC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.031 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0d0',
    500: '#9fbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcbc;
$custom-light: #bbd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77362,
    "c": 0.03149,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCBC

secondary

#E0D7D7

accent

#49499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCBC

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

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