#9DCDBD#9DCDBD

#9DCDBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.055 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDBD
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(160, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(160, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -18.96, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 19.17, 171.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0547 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.055 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9185, 54.5031, 56.2877)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDBD #CD9DAD

analogous

#9DCDA5 #9DCDBD #9DC5CD

triadic

#9DCDBD #BD9DCD #CDBD9D

tetradic

#9DCDBD #A59DCD #CD9DAD #C5CD9D

square

#9DCDBD #A59DCD #CD9DAD #C5CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDBD #CD9DC5 #CDA59D

monochromatic

#519F85 #74B8A2 #9DCDBD #C6E2D8 #EBF5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9DCDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#9DCDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDBD

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDBD	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.055 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcd0',
    500: '#9dcdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdbd;
$custom-light: #bbdcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.05514,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDBD

secondary

#A26C7E

accent

#3A60AB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDBD

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

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