#9CCBA8 colour

#9CCBA8 is a light muted green close to CSS darkseagreen. RGB 156, 203, 168, HSL 135, 31%, 70%. Black text passes AAA (11.52:1), white fails (1.82:1).

#9CCBA8

Nearest CSS name: darkseagreen #8fbc8f (not an exact match)
Described as: a light muted green
Red, green, blue: 156, 203, 168
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.5261 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#9ccba8`
RGB	`rgb(156, 203, 168)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(61.2% 79.6% 65.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(135.3, 31.1%, 70.4%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(135.3, 23.2%, 79.6%)`
HWB	`hwb(135.3 61.2% 20.4%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(23%, 0%, 17%, 20%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(77.63% -21.28 12.27)`
OKLCH	`oklch(79.92% 0.0698 152.47)`
Decimal	`10275752`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.82:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 11.52:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.82:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	11.52:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #9CCBA8 (11.52:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#a5d0b0 18%#aed4b8 27%#b7d9c0 36%#c0dec8 45%#c9e3d0 55%#d2e7d7 64%#dbecdf 73%#e4f1e7 82%#edf6ef 91%#f6faf7

9%#8eb999 18%#80a689 27%#71947a 36%#63816b 45%#556f5c 55%#475c4c 64%#394a3d 73%#2b372e 82%#1c251f 91%#0e120f

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#9ccba8 #cb9cbf

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#a8cb9c #9ccba8 #9ccbc0

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#9ccba8 #a89ccb #cba89c

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#9ccba8 #c09ccb #cb9ca8

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#9ccba8 #9ca8cb #cb9cbf #cbc09c

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#9ccba8 Protanopia#cbc3a6 Deuteranopia#c3beaa Tritanopia#95cac1 Achromatopsia#c0c0c0

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #9ccba8;`
Background	`background-color: #9ccba8;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #9ccba8;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(156 203 168 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #9ccba8;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ccba8, #5e7a65);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #c4e0cb, #9ccba8);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #9ccba8; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.