#9DCBCD#9DCBCD

#9DCBCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.048 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBCD
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(183, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -14.53, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 15.69, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0455 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.048 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2767, 54.2858, 65.7857)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBCD #CD9F9D

analogous

#9DCDB7 #9DCBCD #9DB3CD

triadic

#9DCBCD #CD9DCB #CBCD9D

tetradic

#9DCBCD #B79DCD #CD9F9D #B3CD9D

square

#9DCBCD #B79DCD #CD9F9D #B3CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCBCD #CD9DB3 #CDB79D

monochromatic

#519B9F #74B5B8 #9DCBCD #C6E1E2 #EBF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9DCBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#9DCBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBCD

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBCD	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DCECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.048 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdadc',
    500: '#9dcbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbcd;
$custom-light: #bbdadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBCD

secondary

#A26E6C

accent

#3F3AAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBCD

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

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