#9DCDCF#9DCDCF

#9DCDCF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.050 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDCF
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(182, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -15.11, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 16.30, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0473 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.05 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9950, 55.3337, 67.2237)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDCF #CF9F9D

analogous

#9DCFB8 #9DCDCF #9DB4CF

triadic

#9DCDCF #CF9DCD #CDCF9D

tetradic

#9DCDCF #B89DCF #CF9F9D #B4CF9D

square

#9DCDCF #B89DCF #CF9F9D #B4CF9D

split-complementary

#9DCDCF #CF9DB4 #CFB89D

monochromatic

#4F9FA2 #74B8BB #9DCDCF #C6E2E3 #EAF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#9DCDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDCF

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDCF	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.050 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcdd',
    500: '#9dcdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdcf;
$custom-light: #bbdcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 34.247,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81526,
    "c": 0.05015,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDCF

secondary

#A56E6C

accent

#3D38AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDCF

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

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