#9EF8EF#9EF8EF

#9EF8EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.087 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EF8EF
RGB	rgb(158, 248, 239)
HSL	hsl(174, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(174, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -28.87, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 29.17, 188.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0866 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.087 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2422, 80.6317, 93.8756)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EF8EF #F89EA7

analogous

#9EF8C2 #9EF8EF #9ED4F8

triadic

#9EF8EF #EF9EF8 #F8EF9E

tetradic

#9EF8EF #C29EF8 #F89EA7 #D4F89E

square

#9EF8EF #C29EF8 #F89EA7 #D4F89E

split-complementary

#9EF8EF #F89ED4 #F8C29E

monochromatic

#2CF0DC #65F4E6 #9EF8EF #D7FCF8 #E2FDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#9EF8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#9EF8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EF8EF

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EF8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EF8EF	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFEFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFE3F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CFCF5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ef8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 248, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.087 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#befaf4',
    500: '#9ef8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ef8ef;
$custom-light: #befaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ef8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92001,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EF8EF

secondary

#D8626E

accent

#0219E3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FFFE

border

#D2D7D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EF8EF

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

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