#9CD8CF#9CD8CF

#9CD8CF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.063 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8CF
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(171, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -20.96, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 21.04, 184.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0623 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.063 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5250, 60.6822, 68.1227)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8CF #D89CA5

analogous

#9CD8B1 #9CD8CF #9CC3D8

triadic

#9CD8CF #CF9CD8 #D8CF9C

tetradic

#9CD8CF #B19CD8 #D89CA5 #C3D89C

square

#9CD8CF #B19CD8 #D89CA5 #C3D89C

split-complementary

#9CD8CF #D89CC3 #D8B19C

monochromatic

#47B3A3 #70C7BA #9CD8CF #C8E9E4 #E9F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#9CD8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8CF

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8CF	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.063 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4dd',
    500: '#9cd8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8cf;
$custom-light: #bbe4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83882,
    "c": 0.06255,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8CF

secondary

#AF6974

accent

#2F43B7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8CF

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

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