#9EFAEF#9EFAEF

#9EFAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.089 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EFAEF
RGB	rgb(158, 250, 239)
HSL	hsl(173, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(173, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -29.82, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 30.01, 186.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.089 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.089 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8604, 81.8681, 94.0817)
Luminance	0.8187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EFAEF #FA9EA9

analogous

#9EFAC1 #9EFAEF #9ED7FA

triadic

#9EFAEF #EF9EFA #FAEF9E

tetradic

#9EFAEF #C19EFA #FA9EA9 #D7FA9E

square

#9EFAEF #C19EFA #FA9EA9 #D7FA9E

split-complementary

#9EFAEF #FA9ED7 #FAC19E

monochromatic

#2AF4DC #64F7E5 #9EFAEF #D8FDF9 #E2FDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#9EFAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#9EFAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EFAEF

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EFAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EFAEF	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1F1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1E4F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CFEF6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9efaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 250, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.089 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#befcf4',
    500: '#9efaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9efaef;
$custom-light: #befcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9efaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.826,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92442,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EFAEF

secondary

#DB6170

accent

#001BE6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FFFE

border

#D2D7D6

text

#121717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EFAEF

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

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