#9CECDC#9CECDC

#9CECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.082 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CECDC
RGB	rgb(156, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(168, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -27.90, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 27.90, 180.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0817 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.082 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6194, 72.2228, 78.6532)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CECDC #EC9CAC

analogous

#9CECB4 #9CECDC #9CD4EC

triadic

#9CECDC #DC9CEC #ECDC9C

tetradic

#9CECDC #B49CEC #EC9CAC #D4EC9C

square

#9CECDC #B49CEC #EC9CAC #D4EC9C

split-complementary

#9CECDC #EC9CD4 #ECB49C

monochromatic

#35D8B8 #69E2CA #9CECDC #CFF6EE #E5FAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#9CECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#9CECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CECDC

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CECDC	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cecdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.082 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf2e6',
    500: '#9cecdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cecdc;
$custom-light: #bcf2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cecdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88691,
    "c": 0.08173,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CECDC

secondary

#C86478

accent

#163BD0

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121716

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CECDC

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

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