#9FBDBD#9FBDBD

#9FBDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.033 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBDBD
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -10.09, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 10.65, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0312 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.033 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6785, 47.4391, 55.0950)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBDBD #BD9F9F

analogous

#9FBDAE #9FBDBD #9FAEBD

triadic

#9FBDBD #BD9FBD #BDBD9F

tetradic

#9FBDBD #AE9FBD #BD9F9F #AEBD9F

square

#9FBDBD #AE9FBD #BD9F9F #AEBD9F

split-complementary

#9FBDBD #BD9FAE #BDAE9F

monochromatic

#5C8686 #7BA4A4 #9FBDBD #C3D6D6 #E8EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9FBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#9FBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBDBD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBDBD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.033 196.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7761,
    "c": 0.0325,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBDBD

secondary

#E0D7D7

accent

#49499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBDBD

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

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