#9CD3CE#9CD3CE

#9CD3CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.057 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3CE
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(175, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -18.68, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 18.96, 189.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0564 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.057 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1416, 58.1104, 67.0604)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3CE #D39CA1

analogous

#9CD3B3 #9CD3CE #9CBDD3

triadic

#9CD3CE #CE9CD3 #D3CE9C

tetradic

#9CD3CE #B39CD3 #D39CA1 #BDD39C

square

#9CD3CE #B39CD3 #D39CA1 #BDD39C

split-complementary

#9CD3CE #D39CBD #D3B39C

monochromatic

#4BA9A1 #72C0B9 #9CD3CE #C6E6E3 #EAF6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#9CD3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#9CD3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3CE

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3CE	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.057 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae0dc',
    500: '#9cd3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3ce;
$custom-light: #bae0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8275,
    "c": 0.0571,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3CE

secondary

#A96A70

accent

#343FB1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3CE

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

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