#9CECED#9CECED

#9CECED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.078 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CECED
RGB	rgb(156, 236, 237)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(181, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -24.06, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 25.44, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0748 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.078 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9864, 73.1695, 91.1193)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CECED #ED9D9C

analogous

#9CEDC6 #9CECED #9CC4ED

triadic

#9CECED #ED9CEC #ECED9C

tetradic

#9CECED #C69CED #ED9D9C #C4ED9C

square

#9CECED #C69CED #ED9D9C #C4ED9C

split-complementary

#9CECED #ED9CC4 #EDC69C

monochromatic

#34D8DA #68E2E4 #9CECED #D0F6F6 #E5FAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#9CECED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#9CECED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CECED

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CECED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CECED	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CF1EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ceced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 236, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.078 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf2f2',
    500: '#9ceced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ceced;
$custom-light: #bcf2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ceced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.741,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89204,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CECED

secondary

#C96564

accent

#1714D1

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CECED

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

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