#9CD9CD#9CD9CD

#9CD9CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.064 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9CD
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(168, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -21.89, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 21.90, 180.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0644 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.064 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5390, 61.0990, 66.9288)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9CD #D99CA8

analogous

#9CD9AE #9CD9CD #9CC6D9

triadic

#9CD9CD #CD9CD9 #D9CD9C

tetradic

#9CD9CD #AE9CD9 #D99CA8 #C6D99C

square

#9CD9CD #AE9CD9 #D99CA8 #C6D99C

split-complementary

#9CD9CD #D99CC6 #D9AE9C

monochromatic

#46B59F #70C8B7 #9CD9CD #C8EAE3 #E9F7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9CD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#9CD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9CD

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9CD	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.064 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe5dc',
    500: '#9cd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9cd;
$custom-light: #bbe5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84044,
    "c": 0.06445,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9CD

secondary

#B06977

accent

#2E49B8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9CD

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

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