#9CDCD9#9CDCD9

#9CDCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.065 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCD9
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(177, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -20.75, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 21.35, 193.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0633 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.065 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8237, 63.2613, 75.1122)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCD9 #DC9C9F

analogous

#9CDCB9 #9CDCD9 #9CBFDC

triadic

#9CDCD9 #D99CDC #DCD99C

tetradic

#9CDCD9 #B99CDC #DC9C9F #BFDC9C

square

#9CDCD9 #B99CDC #DC9C9F #BFDC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCD9 #DC9CBF #DCB99C

monochromatic

#42BBB6 #6FCCC8 #9CDCD9 #C9ECEA #E8F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CDCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#9CDCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCD9

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCD9	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.065 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e4',
    500: '#9cdcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcd9;
$custom-light: #bbe7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.06481,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCD9

secondary

#B4686C

accent

#2A31BB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121615

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCD9

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

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