#9CDCD8#9CDCD8

#9CDCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.065 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCD8
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(176, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -20.97, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 21.46, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0637 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.065 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6940, 63.2095, 74.4292)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCD8 #DC9CA0

analogous

#9CDCB8 #9CDCD8 #9CC0DC

triadic

#9CDCD8 #D89CDC #DCD89C

tetradic

#9CDCD8 #B89CDC #DC9CA0 #C0DC9C

square

#9CDCD8 #B89CDC #DC9CA0 #C0DC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCD8 #DC9CC0 #DCB89C

monochromatic

#42BBB4 #6FCCC6 #9CDCD8 #C9ECEA #E8F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CDCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#9CDCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCD8

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCD8	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.065 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e4',
    500: '#9cdcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcd8;
$custom-light: #bbe7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85036,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCD8

secondary

#B4686D

accent

#2A34BB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCD8

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

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