#9FBFBE#9FBFBE

#9FBFBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.035 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBFBE
RGB	rgb(159, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(178, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -10.93, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 11.36, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0335 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.035 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2206, 48.3490, 55.8130)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBFBE #BF9FA0

analogous

#9FBFAE #9FBFBE #9FB0BF

triadic

#9FBFBE #BE9FBF #BFBE9F

tetradic

#9FBFBE #AE9FBF #BF9FA0 #B0BF9F

square

#9FBFBE #AE9FBF #BF9FA0 #B0BF9F

split-complementary

#9FBFBE #BF9FB0 #BFAE9F

monochromatic

#5B8987 #7AA7A5 #9FBFBE #C4D7D7 #E8F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FBFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#9FBFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBFBE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBFBE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.035 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd2d1',
    500: '#9fbfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbfbe;
$custom-light: #bbd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78075,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBFBE

secondary

#E2D8D8

accent

#474A9E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121414

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBFBE

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

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