#9CDCDC#9CDCDC

#9CDCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.065 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCDC
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -20.07, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 21.10, 197.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0621 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.065 196)
XYZ	xyz(52.2175, 63.4188, 77.1859)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCDC #DC9C9C

analogous

#9CDCBC #9CDCDC #9CBCDC

triadic

#9CDCDC #DC9CDC #DCDC9C

tetradic

#9CDCDC #BC9CDC #DC9C9C #BCDC9C

square

#9CDCDC #BC9CDC #DC9C9C #BCDC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCDC #DC9CBC #DCBC9C

monochromatic

#42BBBB #6FCCCC #9CDCDC #C9ECEC #E8F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9CDCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#9CDCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCDC

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCDC	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.065 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7e6',
    500: '#9cdcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcdc;
$custom-light: #bbe7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.63422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCDC

secondary

#B46868

accent

#2A2ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121616

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCDC

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

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