#9FC5BC#9FC5BC

#9FC5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.042 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC5BC
RGB	rgb(159, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(166, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -14.46, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 14.46, 178.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0425 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.042 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3389, 50.9329, 55.1148)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC5BC #C59FA8

analogous

#9FC5A9 #9FC5BC #9FBBC5

triadic

#9FC5BC #BC9FC5 #C5BC9F

tetradic

#9FC5BC #A99FC5 #C59FA8 #BBC59F

square

#9FC5BC #A99FC5 #C59FA8 #BBC59F

split-complementary

#9FC5BC #C59FBB #C5A99F

monochromatic

#589284 #79AEA1 #9FC5BC #C5DCD7 #EBF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9FC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#9FC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC5BC

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC5BC	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.042 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6d0',
    500: '#9fc5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc5bc;
$custom-light: #bcd6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 24.675,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC5BC

secondary

#996F79

accent

#4259A3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC5BC

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

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