#9CD5DD#9CD5DD

#9CD5DD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.059 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5DD
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(187, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -16.32, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 19.05, 211.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0529 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.059 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5515, 59.8743, 77.2859)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5DD #DDA49C

analogous

#9CDDC5 #9CD5DD #9CB5DD

triadic

#9CD5DD #DD9CD5 #D5DD9C

tetradic

#9CD5DD #C59CDD #DDA49C #B5DD9C

square

#9CD5DD #C59CDD #DDA49C #B5DD9C

split-complementary

#9CD5DD #DD9CB5 #DDC59C

monochromatic

#41AEBE #6EC2CD #9CD5DD #CAE8ED #E8F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#9CD5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5DD

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5DD	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.059 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2e7',
    500: '#9cd5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5dd;
$custom-light: #bbe2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83661,
    "c": 0.05936,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5DD

secondary

#B57268

accent

#3B29BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5DD

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

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