#9DE5DD#9DE5DD

#9DE5DD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.073 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DE5DD
RGB	rgb(157, 229, 221)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(173, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -24.01, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 24.23, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.072 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.073 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9706, 68.4241, 78.7032)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DE5DD #E59DA5

analogous

#9DE5B9 #9DE5DD #9DC9E5

triadic

#9DE5DD #DD9DE5 #E5DD9D

tetradic

#9DE5DD #B99DE5 #E59DA5 #C9E59D

square

#9DE5DD #B99DE5 #E59DA5 #C9E59D

split-complementary

#9DE5DD #E59DC9 #E5B99D

monochromatic

#3CCBBB #6DD8CC #9DE5DD #CDF2EE #E7F9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9DE5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#9DE5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DE5DD

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DE5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DE5DD	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEDDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9de5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 229, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.073 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcede7',
    500: '#9de5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9de5dd;
$custom-light: #bcede7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9de5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87224,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DE5DD

secondary

#BF6771

accent

#2032C6

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#121616

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DE5DD

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

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