#9CD8BC#9CD8BC

#9CD8BC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.073 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8BC
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 188)
HSL	hsl(152, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(152, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 13%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -24.93, 7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 26.08, 162.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0703 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.073 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3404, 59.8084, 56.6170)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8BC #D89CB8

analogous

#9CD89E #9CD8BC #9CD6D8

triadic

#9CD8BC #BC9CD8 #D8BC9C

tetradic

#9CD8BC #9E9CD8 #D89CB8 #D6D89C

square

#9CD8BC #9E9CD8 #D89CB8 #D6D89C

split-complementary

#9CD8BC #D89CD6 #D89E9C

monochromatic

#47B380 #70C79E #9CD8BC #C8E9DA #E9F6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#9CD8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8BC

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8BC	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)

#D6D0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.073 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae4d0',
    500: '#9cd8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8bc;
$custom-light: #bae4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83346,
    "c": 0.07303,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8BC

secondary

#AF698A

accent

#2F6EB7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8BC

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

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