#9BDCD4#9BDCD4

#9BDCD4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.067 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BDCD4
RGB	rgb(155, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(173, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -22.14, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 22.30, 186.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0662 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.067 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9905, 62.9058, 71.7298)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BDCD4 #DC9BA3

analogous

#9BDCB3 #9BDCD4 #9BC3DC

triadic

#9BDCD4 #D49BDC #DCD49B

tetradic

#9BDCD4 #B39BDC #DC9BA3 #C3DC9B

square

#9BDCD4 #B39BDC #DC9BA3 #C3DC9B

split-complementary

#9BDCD4 #DC9BC3 #DCB39B

monochromatic

#41BBAC #6ECCC1 #9BDCD4 #C8ECE7 #E8F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#9BDCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#9BDCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BDCD4

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BDCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BDCD4	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bdcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.067 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae7e1',
    500: '#9bdcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bdcd4;
$custom-light: #bae7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bdcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BDCD4

secondary

#B46771

accent

#2A3CBB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BDCD4

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

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