#9CDCD6#9CDCD6

#9CDCD6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.065 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCD6
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 214)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(174, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -21.41, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 21.71, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0645 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.065 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4371, 63.1067, 73.0758)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCD6 #DC9CA2

analogous

#9CDCB6 #9CDCD6 #9CC2DC

triadic

#9CDCD6 #D69CDC #DCD69C

tetradic

#9CDCD6 #B69CDC #DC9CA2 #C2DC9C

square

#9CDCD6 #B69CDC #DC9CA2 #C2DC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCD6 #DC9CC2 #DCB69C

monochromatic

#42BBB0 #6FCCC3 #9CDCD6 #C9ECE9 #E8F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CDCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#9CDCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCD6

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCD6	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CCD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.065 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e2',
    500: '#9cdcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcd6;
$custom-light: #bbe7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84975,
    "c": 0.06528,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCD6

secondary

#B4686F

accent

#2A38BB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCD6

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

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