#9BCDCF#9BCDCF

#9BCDCF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.052 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDCF
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(182, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -15.71, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 16.92, 201.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0491 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.052 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6079, 55.1341, 67.2056)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDCF #CF9D9B

analogous

#9BCFB7 #9BCDCF #9BB3CF

triadic

#9BCDCF #CF9BCD #CDCF9B

tetradic

#9BCDCF #B79BCF #CF9D9B #B3CF9B

square

#9BCDCF #B79BCF #CF9D9B #B3CF9B

split-complementary

#9BCDCF #CF9BB3 #CFB79B

monochromatic

#4E9FA2 #72B8BB #9BCDCF #C4E2E3 #EAF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#9BCDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDCF

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDCF	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.052 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badcdd',
    500: '#9bcdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdcf;
$custom-light: #badcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81404,
    "c": 0.05206,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDCF

secondary

#A56C6A

accent

#3C38AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDCF

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

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