#9FBCBE#9FBCBE

#9FBCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.032 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCBE
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -9.35, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 10.29, 204.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0294 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.032 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5731, 47.0539, 55.5972)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCBE #BEA19F

analogous

#9FBEB0 #9FBCBE #9FACBE

triadic

#9FBCBE #BE9FBC #BCBE9F

tetradic

#9FBCBE #B09FBE #BEA19F #ACBE9F

square

#9FBCBE #B09FBE #BEA19F #ACBE9F

split-complementary

#9FBCBE #BE9FAC #BEB09F

monochromatic

#5B8487 #7BA3A5 #9FBCBE #C3D5D7 #E8EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#9FBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCBE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCBE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.032 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0d1',
    500: '#9fbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcbe;
$custom-light: #bbd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCBE

secondary

#E1D8D8

accent

#4D489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCBE

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

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