#9CD8CE#9CD8CE

#9CD8CE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.063 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8CE
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(170, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -21.18, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 21.22, 183.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0628 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.063 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4031, 60.6335, 67.4809)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8CE #D89CA6

analogous

#9CD8B0 #9CD8CE #9CC4D8

triadic

#9CD8CE #CE9CD8 #D8CE9C

tetradic

#9CD8CE #B09CD8 #D89CA6 #C4D89C

square

#9CD8CE #B09CD8 #D89CA6 #C4D89C

split-complementary

#9CD8CE #D89CC4 #D8B09C

monochromatic

#47B3A1 #70C7B8 #9CD8CE #C8E9E4 #E9F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#9CD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8CE

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8CE	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.063 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4dc',
    500: '#9cd8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ce;
$custom-light: #bbe4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83852,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8CE

secondary

#AF6975

accent

#2F46B7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8CE

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

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