#9CDEE5#9CDEE5

#9CDEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.067 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDEE5
RGB	rgb(156, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(186, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -19.00, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 21.51, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.061 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.067 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9697, 64.9646, 83.8092)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDEE5 #E5A39C

analogous

#9CE5C7 #9CDEE5 #9CB9E5

triadic

#9CDEE5 #E59CDE #DEE59C

tetradic

#9CDEE5 #C79CE5 #E5A39C #B9E59C

square

#9CDEE5 #C79CE5 #E5A39C #B9E59C

split-complementary

#9CDEE5 #E59CB9 #E5C79C

monochromatic

#3BBECC #6CCED8 #9CDEE5 #CCEEF2 #E7F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#9CDEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#9CDEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDEE5

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDEE5	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.067 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe8ed',
    500: '#9cdee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdee5;
$custom-light: #bbe8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85885,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDEE5

secondary

#BF6F66

accent

#2F1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121616

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDEE5

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

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