#9CD5CE#9CD5CE

#9CD5CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.059 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5CE
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(173, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -19.68, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 19.84, 187.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0589 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.059 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6416, 59.1104, 67.2270)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5CE #D59CA3

analogous

#9CD5B2 #9CD5CE #9CBFD5

triadic

#9CD5CE #CE9CD5 #D5CE9C

tetradic

#9CD5CE #B29CD5 #D59CA3 #BFD59C

square

#9CD5CE #B29CD5 #D59CA3 #BFD59C

split-complementary

#9CD5CE #D59CBF #D5B29C

monochromatic

#49ADA1 #71C3B9 #9CD5CE #C7E7E3 #EAF6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9CD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#9CD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5CE

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5CE	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.059 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae2dc',
    500: '#9cd5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5ce;
$custom-light: #bae2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8319,
    "c": 0.05934,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5CE

secondary

#AC6A72

accent

#3242B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5CE

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

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