#9DCDBE#9DCDBE

#9DCDBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.055 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDBE
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(161, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -18.76, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 18.90, 172.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0542 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.055 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0274, 54.5467, 56.8613)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDBE #CD9DAC

analogous

#9DCDA6 #9DCDBE #9DC4CD

triadic

#9DCDBE #BE9DCD #CDBE9D

tetradic

#9DCDBE #A69DCD #CD9DAC #C4CD9D

square

#9DCDBE #A69DCD #CD9DAC #C4CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDBE #CD9DC4 #CDA69D

monochromatic

#519F86 #74B8A3 #9DCDBE #C6E2D9 #EBF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9DCDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#9DCDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDBE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDBE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.055 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcd1',
    500: '#9dcdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdbe;
$custom-light: #bbdcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81014,
    "c": 0.05457,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDBE

secondary

#A26C7D

accent

#3A5EAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDBE

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

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