#9FBFBD#9FBFBD

#9FBFBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.035 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBFBD
RGB	rgb(159, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(176, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -11.14, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 11.44, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0339 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.035 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1117, 48.3054, 55.2394)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBFBD #BF9FA1

analogous

#9FBFAD #9FBFBD #9FB1BF

triadic

#9FBFBD #BD9FBF #BFBD9F

tetradic

#9FBFBD #AD9FBF #BF9FA1 #B1BF9F

square

#9FBFBD #AD9FBF #BF9FA1 #B1BF9F

split-complementary

#9FBFBD #BF9FB1 #BFAD9F

monochromatic

#5B8986 #7AA7A4 #9FBFBD #C4D7D6 #E8F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FBFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9FBFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBFBD

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBFBD	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.035 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd2d0',
    500: '#9fbfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbfbd;
$custom-light: #bbd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.03464,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBFBD

secondary

#E2D8D9

accent

#474D9E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBFBD

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

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