#9CD8CA#9CD8CA

#9CD8CA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.064 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8CA
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(166, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -22.04, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 22.05, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0644 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.064 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9234, 60.4416, 64.9542)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8CA #D89CAA

analogous

#9CD8AC #9CD8CA #9CC8D8

triadic

#9CD8CA #CA9CD8 #D8CA9C

tetradic

#9CD8CA #AC9CD8 #D89CAA #C8D89C

square

#9CD8CA #AC9CD8 #D89CAA #C8D89C

split-complementary

#9CD8CA #D89CC8 #D8AC9C

monochromatic

#47B39A #70C7B2 #9CD8CA #C8E9E2 #E9F6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#9CD8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8CA

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8CA	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BDAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.064 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae4da',
    500: '#9cd8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ca;
$custom-light: #bae4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83735,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8CA

secondary

#AF6979

accent

#2F4FB7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8CA

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

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