#9CD8DD#9CD8DD

#9CD8DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.061 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8DD
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(185, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -17.84, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 19.81, 205.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0567 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.061 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3130, 61.3974, 77.5397)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8DD #DDA19C

analogous

#9CDDC2 #9CD8DD #9CB8DD

triadic

#9CD8DD #DD9CD8 #D8DD9C

tetradic

#9CD8DD #C29CDD #DDA19C #B8DD9C

square

#9CD8DD #C29CDD #DDA19C #B8DD9C

split-complementary

#9CD8DD #DD9CB8 #DDC29C

monochromatic

#41B4BE #6EC6CD #9CD8DD #CAEAED #E8F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#9CD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#9CD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8DD

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8DD	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.061 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4e7',
    500: '#9cd8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8dd;
$custom-light: #bbe4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84316,
    "c": 0.06141,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8DD

secondary

#B56E68

accent

#3529BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8DD

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

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