#9DCDC8#9DCDC8

#9DCDC8 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.051 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDC8
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(174, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -16.65, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 16.85, 188.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0501 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.051 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1581, 54.9990, 62.8162)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDC8 #CD9DA2

analogous

#9DCDB0 #9DCDC8 #9DBACD

triadic

#9DCDC8 #C89DCD #CDC89D

tetradic

#9DCDC8 #B09DCD #CD9DA2 #BACD9D

square

#9DCDC8 #B09DCD #CD9DA2 #BACD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDC8 #CD9DBA #CDB09D

monochromatic

#519F97 #74B8B1 #9DCDC8 #C6E2DF #EBF5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9DCDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#9DCDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDC8

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDC8	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FCFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.051 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcd8',
    500: '#9dcdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdc8;
$custom-light: #bbdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.05065,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDC8

secondary

#A26C72

accent

#3A46AB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDC8

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

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