#9CD5DC#9CD5DC

#9CD5DC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.059 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5DC
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(187, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -16.55, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 19.00, 209.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0533 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.059 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4186, 59.8212, 76.5863)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5DC #DCA39C

analogous

#9CDCC3 #9CD5DC #9CB5DC

triadic

#9CD5DC #DC9CD5 #D5DC9C

tetradic

#9CD5DC #C39CDC #DCA39C #B5DC9C

square

#9CD5DC #C39CDC #DCA39C #B5DC9C

split-complementary

#9CD5DC #DC9CB5 #DCC39C

monochromatic

#42AEBB #6FC2CC #9CD5DC #C9E8EC #E8F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#9CD5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5DC

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5DC	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.059 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2e6',
    500: '#9cd5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5dc;
$custom-light: #bbe2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83629,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5DC

secondary

#B47168

accent

#3A2ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5DC

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

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