#9FBCBF#9FBCBF

#9FBCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.032 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCBF
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(186, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -9.14, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 10.32, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.029 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.032 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6828, 47.0978, 56.1747)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCBF #BFA29F

analogous

#9FBFB2 #9FBCBF #9FACBF

triadic

#9FBCBF #BF9FBC #BCBF9F

tetradic

#9FBCBF #B29FBF #BFA29F #ACBF9F

square

#9FBCBF #B29FBF #BFA29F #ACBF9F

split-complementary

#9FBCBF #BF9FAC #BFB29F

monochromatic

#5B8489 #7AA2A7 #9FBCBF #C4D6D7 #E8EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#9FBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCBF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCBF	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.032 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0d2',
    500: '#9fbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcbf;
$custom-light: #bbd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.03178,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCBF

secondary

#E2D9D8

accent

#4F479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCBF

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

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