#9BCDCD#9BCDCD

#9BCDCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.052 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDCD
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(180, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -16.15, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 17.00, 198.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0499 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.052 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3649, 55.0369, 65.9260)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDCD #CD9B9B

analogous

#9BCDB4 #9BCDCD #9BB4CD

triadic

#9BCDCD #CD9BCD #CDCD9B

tetradic

#9BCDCD #B49BCD #CD9B9B #B4CD9B

square

#9BCDCD #B49BCD #CD9B9B #B4CD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDCD #CD9BB4 #CDB49B

monochromatic

#4F9E9E #72B9B9 #9BCDCD #C4E1E1 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#9BCDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDCD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDCD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.052 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9dcdc',
    500: '#9bcdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdcd;
$custom-light: #b9dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDCD

secondary

#A26A6A

accent

#3939AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDCD

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

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