#9DC9BA#9DC9BA

#9DC9BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.051 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC9BA
RGB	rgb(157, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(160, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(160, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -17.55, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 17.77, 171.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0506 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.051 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6516, 52.4850, 54.2755)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC9BA #C99DAC

analogous

#9DC9A4 #9DC9BA #9DC2C9

triadic

#9DC9BA #BA9DC9 #C9BA9D

tetradic

#9DC9BA #A49DC9 #C99DAC #C2C99D

square

#9DC9BA #A49DC9 #C99DAC #C2C99D

split-complementary

#9DC9BA #C99DC2 #C9A49D

monochromatic

#549881 #76B39E #9DC9BA #C4DFD6 #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9DC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#9DC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC9BA

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC9BA	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.051 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad9ce',
    500: '#9dc9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc9ba;
$custom-light: #bad9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80016,
    "c": 0.05108,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC9BA

secondary

#9E6C7D

accent

#3E62A8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC9BA

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

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