#9CD8DF#9CD8DF

#9CD8DF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.062 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8DF
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(186, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -17.37, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 19.85, 208.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0559 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.062 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5811, 61.5047, 78.9514)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8DF #DFA39C

analogous

#9CDFC5 #9CD8DF #9CB7DF

triadic

#9CD8DF #DF9CD8 #D8DF9C

tetradic

#9CD8DF #C59CDF #DFA39C #B7DF9C

square

#9CD8DF #C59CDF #DFA39C #B7DF9C

split-complementary

#9CD8DF #DF9CB7 #DFC59C

monochromatic

#40B4C1 #6EC6D0 #9CD8DF #CAEAEE #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#9CD8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#9CD8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8DF

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8DF	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.062 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4e9',
    500: '#9cd8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8df;
$custom-light: #bbe4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8438,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8DF

secondary

#B77068

accent

#3727BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8DF

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

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