#9CD5DF#9CD5DF

#9CD5DF is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.060 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5DF
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(189, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -15.85, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 19.19, 214.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0522 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.06 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8195, 59.9815, 78.6976)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5DF #DFA69C

analogous

#9CDFC8 #9CD5DF #9CB4DF

triadic

#9CD5DF #DF9CD5 #D5DF9C

tetradic

#9CD5DF #C89CDF #DFA69C #B4DF9C

square

#9CD5DF #C89CDF #DFA69C #B4DF9C

split-complementary

#9CD5DF #DF9CB4 #DFC89C

monochromatic

#40AEC1 #6EC1D0 #9CD5DF #CAE9EE #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#9CD5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5DF

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5DF	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.060 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2e9',
    500: '#9cd5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5df;
$custom-light: #bbe2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83727,
    "c": 0.05994,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5DF

secondary

#B77468

accent

#3E27BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5DF

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

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