#9CD8CD#9CD8CD

#9CD8CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.063 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8CD
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(169, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -21.40, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 21.41, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0632 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.063 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2820, 60.5850, 66.8431)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8CD #D89CA7

analogous

#9CD8AF #9CD8CD #9CC5D8

triadic

#9CD8CD #CD9CD8 #D8CD9C

tetradic

#9CD8CD #AF9CD8 #D89CA7 #C5D89C

square

#9CD8CD #AF9CD8 #D89CA7 #C5D89C

split-complementary

#9CD8CD #D89CC5 #D8AF9C

monochromatic

#47B39F #70C7B7 #9CD8CD #C8E9E3 #E9F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#9CD8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8CD

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8CD	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.063 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4dc',
    500: '#9cd8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8cd;
$custom-light: #bbe4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83822,
    "c": 0.06321,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8CD

secondary

#AF6976

accent

#2F48B7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8CD

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

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