#9DE8EA#9DE8EA

#9DE8EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.074 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DE8EA
RGB	rgb(157, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(182, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -22.54, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 24.03, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0704 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.074 198)
XYZ	xyz(57.6074, 70.8184, 88.4598)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DE8EA #EA9F9D

analogous

#9DEAC6 #9DE8EA #9DC2EA

triadic

#9DE8EA #EA9DE8 #E8EA9D

tetradic

#9DE8EA #C69DEA #EA9F9D #C2EA9D

square

#9DE8EA #C69DEA #EA9F9D #C2EA9D

split-complementary

#9DE8EA #EA9DC2 #EAC69D

monochromatic

#38D0D4 #6BDCDF #9DE8EA #CFF4F5 #E6F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#9DE8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#9DE8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DE8EA

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DE8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DE8EA	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9de8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.074 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdeff0',
    500: '#9de8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9de8ea;
$custom-light: #bdeff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9de8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88284,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.70822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DE8EA

secondary

#C56866

accent

#1E19CD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#121616

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DE8EA

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

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