#9ECDCE#9ECDCE

#9ECDCE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.049 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECDCE
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(181, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -15.04, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 16.02, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0468 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.049 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0691, 55.3860, 66.5911)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECDCE #CE9F9E

analogous

#9ECEB7 #9ECDCE #9EB5CE

triadic

#9ECDCE #CE9ECD #CDCE9E

tetradic

#9ECDCE #B79ECE #CE9F9E #B5CE9E

square

#9ECDCE #B79ECE #CE9F9E #B5CE9E

split-complementary

#9ECDCE #CE9EB5 #CEB79E

monochromatic

#519FA1 #75B8B9 #9ECDCE #C7E2E3 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9ECDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#9ECDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECDCE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECDCE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.049 197.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81555,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECDCE

secondary

#A36E6D

accent

#3C3AAC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECDCE

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

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