#9BCECD#9BCECD

#9BCECD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.053 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCECD
RGB	rgb(155, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(179, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -16.66, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 17.37, 196.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0512 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.053 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6049, 55.5169, 66.0060)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCECD #CE9B9C

analogous

#9BCEB3 #9BCECD #9BB5CE

triadic

#9BCECD #CD9BCE #CECD9B

tetradic

#9BCECD #B39BCE #CE9B9C #B5CE9B

square

#9BCECD #B39BCE #CE9B9C #B5CE9B

split-complementary

#9BCECD #CE9BB5 #CEB39B

monochromatic

#4EA09F #72BAB8 #9BCECD #C4E2E2 #EAF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#9BCECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCECD

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCECD	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.053 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badddc',
    500: '#9bcecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcecd;
$custom-light: #badddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81561,
    "c": 0.05297,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCECD

secondary

#A36A6B

accent

#383BAD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCECD

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

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