#9CDCD5#9CDCD5

#9CDCD5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.066 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCD5
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 213)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(173, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -21.64, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 21.85, 188.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0649 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.066 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3097, 63.0558, 72.4053)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCD5 #DC9CA3

analogous

#9CDCB5 #9CDCD5 #9CC3DC

triadic

#9CDCD5 #D59CDC #DCD59C

tetradic

#9CDCD5 #B59CDC #DC9CA3 #C3DC9C

square

#9CDCD5 #B59CDC #DC9CA3 #C3DC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCD5 #DC9CC3 #DCB59C

monochromatic

#42BBAE #6FCCC2 #9CDCD5 #C9ECE8 #E8F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CDCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#9CDCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCD5

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCD5	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.066 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e1',
    500: '#9cdcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcd5;
$custom-light: #bbe7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84944,
    "c": 0.0655,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCD5

secondary

#B46871

accent

#2A3ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCD5

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

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