#9ECDCD#9ECDCD

#9ECDCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.049 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDCD
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(180, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -15.26, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 16.06, 198.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0472 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.049 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9480, 55.3376, 65.9533)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDCD #CD9E9E

analogous

#9ECDB5 #9ECDCD #9EB5CD

triadic

#9ECDCD #CD9ECD #CDCD9E

tetradic

#9ECDCD #B59ECD #CD9E9E #B5CD9E

square

#9ECDCD #B59ECD #CD9E9E #B5CD9E

split-complementary

#9ECDCD #CD9EB5 #CDB59E

monochromatic

#529F9F #76B8B8 #9ECDCD #C6E2E2 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9ECDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#9ECDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDCD

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDCD	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)

#C7C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.049 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcdc',
    500: '#9ecdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecdcd;
$custom-light: #bbdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.04913,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDCD

secondary

#A26D6D

accent

#3B3BAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDCD

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

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