#9DCDBA#9DCDBA

#9DCDBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.057 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDBA
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(156, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -19.57, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 20.05, 167.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0559 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.057 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5962, 54.3742, 54.5904)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDBA #CD9DB0

analogous

#9DCDA2 #9DCDBA #9DC8CD

triadic

#9DCDBA #BA9DCD #CDBA9D

tetradic

#9DCDBA #A29DCD #CD9DB0 #C8CD9D

square

#9DCDBA #A29DCD #CD9DB0 #C8CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDBA #CD9DC8 #CDA29D

monochromatic

#519F80 #74B89D #9DCDBA #C6E2D7 #EBF5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9DCDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#9DCDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDBA

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDBA	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.057 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badcce',
    500: '#9dcdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdba;
$custom-light: #badcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80901,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDBA

secondary

#A26C81

accent

#3A67AB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121513

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDBA

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

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