#9FBCBD#9FBCBD

#9FBCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.032 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCBD
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(182, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -9.57, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 10.29, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0298 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.032 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4642, 47.0103, 55.0235)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCBD #BDA09F

analogous

#9FBDAF #9FBCBD #9FADBD

triadic

#9FBCBD #BD9FBC #BCBD9F

tetradic

#9FBCBD #AF9FBD #BDA09F #ADBD9F

square

#9FBCBD #AF9FBD #BDA09F #ADBD9F

split-complementary

#9FBCBD #BD9FAD #BDAF9F

monochromatic

#5C8486 #7BA3A4 #9FBCBD #C3D5D6 #E8EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9FBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCBD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCBD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.032 199.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77394,
    "c": 0.03152,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCBD

secondary

#E0D8D7

accent

#4B499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCBD

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

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