#9BCED5#9BCED5

#9BCED5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.054 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCED5
RGB	rgb(155, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(187, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -14.87, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 17.30, 210.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0481 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.054 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5953, 55.9130, 71.2224)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCED5 #D5A29B

analogous

#9BD5BF #9BCED5 #9BB1D5

triadic

#9BCED5 #D59BCE #CED59B

tetradic

#9BCED5 #BF9BD5 #D5A29B #B1D59B

square

#9BCED5 #BF9BD5 #D5A29B #B1D59B

split-complementary

#9BCED5 #D59BB1 #D5BF9B

monochromatic

#49A1AD #70B9C3 #9BCED5 #C6E3E7 #E9F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9BCED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#9BCED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCED5

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCED5	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.054 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badde1',
    500: '#9bced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bced5;
$custom-light: #badde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81816,
    "c": 0.05379,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCED5

secondary

#AC7169

accent

#4132B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCED5

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

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