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#9CD9CD

#9cd9cd ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9cd9cd is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 85.1% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.53% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 168.2°, with 44.53% saturation and 73.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 6.85.

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Relative luminance0.611

Complementary

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #d99ca8

Split complementary

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #d99cc7
  3. #d9af9c

Analogous

  1. #9cd9af
  2. #9cd9cd
  3. #9cc7d9

Triadic

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #cd9cd9
  3. #d9cd9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #9ca8d9
  3. #d99ca8
  4. #d9cd9c

Square

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #af9cd9
  3. #d99ca8
  4. #c7d99c

Monochromatic

  1. #3d9f8c
  2. #65c4b1
  3. #9cd9cd
  4. #d3eee9
  5. #f0f9f8

Shades

#9cd9cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #8cc3b9
  3. #7daea4
  4. #6d9890
  5. #5e827b
  6. #4e6d67
  7. #3e5752
  8. #2f413e
  9. #1f2b29
  10. #101615
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cd9cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #a6ddd2
  3. #b0e1d7
  4. #bae4dc
  5. #c4e8e1
  6. #ceece6
  7. #d7f0eb
  8. #e1f4f0
  9. #ebf7f5
  10. #f5fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cd9cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cd9cd
  2. #99d0c5
  3. #96c7be
  4. #94beb6
  5. #91b5ae
  6. #8eada7
  7. #8ba49f
  8. #889b97
  9. #86928f
  10. #838988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbd2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d2cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8cace ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8adbd5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0d5cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8d0ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92dad2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cd9cd {
  color: #9cd9cd;
}
Background
.bg-9cd9cd {
  background-color: #9cd9cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cd9cd {
  border: 2px solid #9cd9cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cd9cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 217 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 45% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cd9cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cd9cd, #9cc7d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cd9cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 217 205 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.85 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.63 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 7.75 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.50 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.86 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.04 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.27 #632632 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#9cd9cd  rgb(156, 217, 205)  hsl(168, 45%, 73%)  Pale Turquoise
#d99ca8  rgb(217, 156, 168)  hsl(348, 45%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#cd9cd9  rgb(205, 156, 217)  hsl(288, 45%, 73%)  Wisteria
#d9cd9c  rgb(217, 205, 156)  hsl(48, 45%, 73%)  Vanilla