#9BCDCC#9BCDCC

#9BCDCC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.052 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDCC
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(179, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -16.37, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 17.06, 196.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0504 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.052 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2446, 54.9888, 65.2923)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDCC #CD9B9C

analogous

#9BCDB3 #9BCDCC #9BB5CD

triadic

#9BCDCC #CC9BCD #CDCC9B

tetradic

#9BCDCC #B39BCD #CD9B9C #B5CD9B

square

#9BCDCC #B39BCD #CD9B9C #B5CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDCC #CD9BB5 #CDB39B

monochromatic

#4F9E9D #72B9B7 #9BCDCC #C4E1E1 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#9BCDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDCC

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDCC	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.052 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcdb',
    500: '#9bcdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdcc;
$custom-light: #b9dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8131,
    "c": 0.05205,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDCC

secondary

#A26A6B

accent

#393CAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDCC

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

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