#9DD5CE#9DD5CE

#9DD5CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.058 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DD5CE
RGB	rgb(157, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(173, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -19.39, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 19.53, 186.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.058 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.058 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8359, 59.2106, 67.2361)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DD5CE #D59DA4

analogous

#9DD5B2 #9DD5CE #9DC0D5

triadic

#9DD5CE #CE9DD5 #D5CE9D

tetradic

#9DD5CE #B29DD5 #D59DA4 #C0D59D

square

#9DD5CE #B29DD5 #D59DA4 #C0D59D

split-complementary

#9DD5CE #D59DC0 #D5B29D

monochromatic

#4AADA1 #72C3B9 #9DD5CE #C8E7E3 #EAF6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9DD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#9DD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DD5CE

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DD5CE	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CD8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dd5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.058 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2dc',
    500: '#9dd5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dd5ce;
$custom-light: #bbe2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dd5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83248,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DD5CE

secondary

#AC6B73

accent

#3243B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DD5CE

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

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