#9CDCD4#9CDCD4

#9CDCD4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.066 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCD4
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(173, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -21.86, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 22.01, 186.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0653 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.066 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1832, 63.0051, 71.7389)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCD4 #DC9CA4

analogous

#9CDCB4 #9CDCD4 #9CC4DC

triadic

#9CDCD4 #D49CDC #DCD49C

tetradic

#9CDCD4 #B49CDC #DC9CA4 #C4DC9C

square

#9CDCD4 #B49CDC #DC9CA4 #C4DC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCD4 #DC9CC4 #DCB49C

monochromatic

#42BBAC #6FCCC0 #9CDCD4 #C9ECE8 #E8F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CDCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#9CDCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCD4

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCD4	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.066 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e1',
    500: '#9cdcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcd4;
$custom-light: #bbe7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84914,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCD4

secondary

#B46872

accent

#2A3DBB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCD4

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

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