#9DCDCE#9DCDCE

#9DCDCE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.050 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDCE
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(181, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -15.34, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 16.33, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0477 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.05 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8731, 55.2850, 66.5819)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDCE #CE9E9D

analogous

#9DCEB6 #9DCDCE #9DB4CE

triadic

#9DCDCE #CE9DCD #CDCE9D

tetradic

#9DCDCE #B69DCE #CE9E9D #B4CE9D

square

#9DCDCE #B69DCE #CE9E9D #B4CE9D

split-complementary

#9DCDCE #CE9DB4 #CEB69D

monochromatic

#509FA0 #74B8BA #9DCDCE #C6E2E2 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#9DCDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDCE

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDCE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.050 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcdc',
    500: '#9dcdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdce;
$custom-light: #bbdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81494,
    "c": 0.0501,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDCE

secondary

#A36D6C

accent

#3C39AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDCE

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

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