#9DC6CA#9DC6CA

#9DC6CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.044 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6CA
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(185, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -12.61, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 14.17, 207.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0401 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.044 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7562, 51.8188, 63.5095)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6CA #CAA19D

analogous

#9DCAB7 #9DC6CA #9DAFCA

triadic

#9DC6CA #CA9DC6 #C6CA9D

tetradic

#9DC6CA #B79DCA #CAA19D #AFCA9D

square

#9DC6CA #B79DCA #CAA19D #AFCA9D

split-complementary

#9DC6CA #CA9DAF #CAB79D

monochromatic

#53939A #75AFB5 #9DC6CA #C5DDDF #EBF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9DC6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#9DC6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6CA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6CA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.044 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd7da',
    500: '#9dc6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6ca;
$custom-light: #bbd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79842,
    "c": 0.04378,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6CA

secondary

#9F716C

accent

#473DA8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6CA

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

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