#9DCDCC#9DCDCC

#9DCDCC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.050 H 194.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDCC
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(179, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -15.78, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 16.44, 196.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0485 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.05 194.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6317, 55.1884, 65.3104)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDCC #CD9D9E

analogous

#9DCDB4 #9DCDCC #9DB6CD

triadic

#9DCDCC #CC9DCD #CDCC9D

tetradic

#9DCDCC #B49DCD #CD9D9E #B6CD9D

square

#9DCDCC #B49DCD #CD9D9E #B6CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDCC #CD9DB6 #CDB49D

monochromatic

#519F9D #74B8B7 #9DCDCC #C6E2E1 #EBF5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9DCDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDCC

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDCC	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.050 194.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcdb',
    500: '#9dcdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdcc;
$custom-light: #bbdcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.05012,
    "h": 194.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDCC

secondary

#A26C6D

accent

#3A3DAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFB

border

#D1D5D4

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDCC

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

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