#9CD6DC#9CD6DC

#9CD6DC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.060 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6DC
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(186, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -17.05, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 19.25, 207.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0546 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.06 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6709, 60.3258, 76.6704)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6DC #DCA29C

analogous

#9CDCC2 #9CD6DC #9CB6DC

triadic

#9CD6DC #DC9CD6 #D6DC9C

tetradic

#9CD6DC #C29CDC #DCA29C #B6DC9C

square

#9CD6DC #C29CDC #DCA29C #B6DC9C

split-complementary

#9CD6DC #DC9CB6 #DCC29C

monochromatic

#42B0BB #6FC3CC #9CD6DC #C9E9EC #E8F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9CD6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#9CD6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6DC

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6DC	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.060 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2e6',
    500: '#9cd6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6dc;
$custom-light: #bbe2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83847,
    "c": 0.0598,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6DC

secondary

#B46F68

accent

#382ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6DC

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

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