#9BCDCE#9BCDCE

#9BCDCE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.052 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDCE
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(181, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -15.93, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 16.95, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0495 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.052 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4860, 55.0854, 66.5637)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDCE #CE9C9B

analogous

#9BCEB5 #9BCDCE #9BB3CE

triadic

#9BCDCE #CE9BCD #CDCE9B

tetradic

#9BCDCE #B59BCE #CE9C9B #B3CE9B

square

#9BCDCE #B59BCE #CE9C9B #B3CE9B

split-complementary

#9BCDCE #CE9BB3 #CEB59B

monochromatic

#4E9FA0 #72B8BA #9BCDCE #C4E2E2 #EAF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#9BCDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDCE

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDCE	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.052 197.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.05202,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDCE

secondary

#A36B6A

accent

#3B38AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDCE

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

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