#9EFAEE#9EFAEE

#9EFAEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.090 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EFAEE
RGB	rgb(158, 250, 238)
HSL	hsl(172, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(172, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.49, -30.04, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.49, 30.18, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0894 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.09 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7131, 81.8091, 93.3058)
Luminance	0.8181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EFAEE #FA9EAA

analogous

#9EFAC0 #9EFAEE #9ED8FA

triadic

#9EFAEE #EE9EFA #FAEE9E

tetradic

#9EFAEE #C09EFA #FA9EAA #D8FA9E

square

#9EFAEE #C09EFA #FA9EAA #D8FA9E

split-complementary

#9EFAEE #FA9ED8 #FAC09E

monochromatic

#2AF4DA #64F7E4 #9EFAEE #D8FDF8 #E2FDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#9EFAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#9EFAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EFAEE

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EFAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EFAEE	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1F1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1E4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CFEF6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9efaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 250, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.090 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#befcf3',
    500: '#9efaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9efaee;
$custom-light: #befcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9efaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92412,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EFAEE

secondary

#DB6171

accent

#001EE6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FFFE

border

#D2D7D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EFAEE

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

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