#9CDCE5#9CDCE5

#9CDCE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.066 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCE5
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(187, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -18.00, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 21.04, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0586 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.066 207)
XYZ	xyz(53.4416, 63.9085, 83.6332)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCE5 #E5A59C

analogous

#9CE5C9 #9CDCE5 #9CB7E5

triadic

#9CDCE5 #E59CDC #DCE59C

tetradic

#9CDCE5 #C99CE5 #E5A59C #B7E59C

square

#9CDCE5 #C99CE5 #E5A59C #B7E59C

split-complementary

#9CDCE5 #E59CB7 #E5C99C

monochromatic

#3BBACC #6CCBD8 #9CDCE5 #CCEDF2 #E7F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#9CDCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#9CDCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCE5

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCE5	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.066 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe7ed',
    500: '#9cdce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdce5;
$custom-light: #bbe7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85448,
    "c": 0.0657,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.63911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCE5

secondary

#BF7166

accent

#341FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121616

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCE5

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

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