#9DECDC#9DECDC

#9DECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.081 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DECDC
RGB	rgb(157, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(168, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -27.62, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 27.62, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0809 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.081 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8138, 72.3230, 78.6623)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DECDC #EC9DAD

analogous

#9DECB5 #9DECDC #9DD5EC

triadic

#9DECDC #DC9DEC #ECDC9D

tetradic

#9DECDC #B59DEC #EC9DAD #D5EC9D

square

#9DECDC #B59DEC #EC9DAD #D5EC9D

split-complementary

#9DECDC #EC9DD5 #ECB59D

monochromatic

#36D8B7 #6AE2CA #9DECDC #D0F6EE #E5FAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#9DECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#9DECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DECDC

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DECDC	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6E3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9decdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.081 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcf2e6',
    500: '#9decdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9decdc;
$custom-light: #bcf2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9decdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.848,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88742,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DECDC

secondary

#C86579

accent

#163CCF

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#121716

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DECDC

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

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