HEX atlas value

#9BC4A2

#9BC4A2 is a cool green HEX color nearest Lichen. RGB 155, 196, 162, HSL 130° 26% 69%, luminance 0.4906; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted earth-tone

#9BC4A2 Sample readable text

HEX #9BC4A2

RGB rgb(155, 196, 162)

HSL hsl(130 26% 69%)

CMYK cmyk(21, 0, 17, 23)

Luminance 0.4906

Contrast Black 10.81:1White 1.94:1

CSS

--color-9bc4a2: #9BC4A2;
.background-9bc4a2 { background-color: #9BC4A2; }
.text-9bc4a2 { color: #9BC4A2; }

HEX meaning and use

About #9BC4A2

#9BC4A2 is classified as a cool green value with muted and earth tone visual character. #9BC4A2 is visually closest to Lichen, a named green color with HEX #9BC4A2.

The RGB channels are 155, 196, and 162, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 130deg with 26% saturation and 69% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4906, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.81:1AA Pass

White text1.94:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9BC4A2 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.81:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.94:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D5E6D8#D5E6D8 · #000000 text · best 16.14:1 #8AD697#8AD697 · #000000 text · best 12.15:1 Opal#A8C3BC · #000000 text · best 11.2:1 #A9C59B#A9C59B · #000000 text · best 11.15:1 #9BC5B7#9BC5B7 · #000000 text · best 11.06:1

Generated Palette

Lichen#9BC4A2

#C59BBE#C59BBE

#A9C59B#A9C59B

#9BC5B7#9BC5B7

#D5E6D8#D5E6D8

#62A36C#62A36C

Color Harmonies

#C59BBE#C59BBE

#A9C59B#A9C59B

#9BC5B7#9BC5B7

#A29BC5#A29BC5

#C5A29B#C5A29B

Variants

#D5E6D8#D5E6D8

#62A36C#62A36C

#8AD697#8AD697

#ADB3AE#ADB3AE

#EEF1EF#EEF1EF

#8AFF9D#8AFF9D

Nearest Named Colors

Lichen#9BC4A2

Laurel Green#A9BA9D

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Willow Green#A8B88F

Opal#A8C3BC

Luminance0.4906

Black text10.81:1AA Pass

White text1.94:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9BC4A2","rgb":[155,196,162],"hsl":[130,26,69],"cmyk":[21,0,17,23],"luminance":0.4906,"contrast":{"black":10.81,"white":1.94}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.81,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.94,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D5E6D8","hex":"#D5E6D8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.14,"contrastWhite":1.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#8AD697","hex":"#8AD697","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.15,"contrastWhite":1.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.2,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A9C59B","hex":"#A9C59B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.15,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#9BC5B7","hex":"#9BC5B7","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.06,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","earth tone","muted green","earth tone green","Lichen adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9bc4a2.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lichen.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/laurel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-sea-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C59BBE","analogous":["#A9C59B","#9BC5B7"],"triadic":["#A29BC5","#C5A29B"],"tetradic":["#9BA9C5","#C59BBE","#C5B79B"],"splitComplementary":["#B79BC5","#C59BA9"],"monochromatic":["#D5E6D8","#9BC4A2","#62A36C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D5E6D8","dark":"#62A36C","saturated":"#8AD697","desaturated":"#ADB3AE","pastel":"#EEF1EF","neon":"#8AFF9D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"lichen","name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","distance":0},{"slug":"laurel-green","name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","distance":17.916472867168917},{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":23.853720883753127},{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":25.96150997149434},{"slug":"opal","name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","distance":29.086079144497972}]

#9BC4A2

CSS

About #9BC4A2

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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