#9DC4CD#9DC4CD

#9DC4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.043 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4CD
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -10.90, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 13.99, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0362 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.043 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6608, 51.0540, 65.2470)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4CD #CDA69D

analogous

#9DCDBE #9DC4CD #9DACCD

triadic

#9DC4CD #CD9DC4 #C4CD9D

tetradic

#9DC4CD #BE9DCD #CDA69D #ACCD9D

square

#9DC4CD #BE9DCD #CDA69D #ACCD9D

split-complementary

#9DC4CD #CD9DAC #CDBE9D

monochromatic

#51909F #74ACB8 #9DC4CD #C6DCE2 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#9DC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4CD

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4CD	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.043 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5dc',
    500: '#9dc4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4cd;
$custom-light: #bbd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79505,
    "c": 0.04339,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4CD

secondary

#A2766C

accent

#4F3AAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4CD

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

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