#9CE8EA#9CE8EA

#9CE8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.075 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CE8EA
RGB	rgb(156, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(182, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -22.80, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 24.31, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0712 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.075 198)
XYZ	xyz(57.4130, 70.7182, 88.4507)
Luminance	0.7072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CE8EA #EA9E9C

analogous

#9CEAC5 #9CE8EA #9CC1EA

triadic

#9CE8EA #EA9CE8 #E8EA9C

tetradic

#9CE8EA #C59CEA #EA9E9C #C1EA9C

square

#9CE8EA #C59CEA #EA9E9C #C1EA9C

split-complementary

#9CE8EA #EA9CC1 #EAC59C

monochromatic

#37D1D5 #6ADCDF #9CE8EA #CEF4F5 #E6F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#9CE8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#9CE8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CE8EA

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CE8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CE8EA	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EEDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ce8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.075 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bceff0',
    500: '#9ce8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ce8ea;
$custom-light: #bceff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ce8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88232,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.70722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CE8EA

secondary

#C56765

accent

#1D19CD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CE8EA

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

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