HEX atlas value

#9FD8D2

#9FD8D2 is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Pastel Teal. RGB 159, 216, 210, HSL 174° 42% 74%, luminance 0.6114; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool balanced

#9FD8D2 Sample readable text

HEX #9FD8D2

RGB rgb(159, 216, 210)

HSL hsl(174 42% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(26, 0, 3, 15)

Luminance 0.6114

Contrast Black 13.23:1White 1.59:1

CSS

--color-9fd8d2: #9FD8D2;
.background-9fd8d2 { background-color: #9FD8D2; }
.text-9fd8d2 { color: #9FD8D2; }

HEX meaning and use

About #9FD8D2

#9FD8D2 is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #9FD8D2 is visually closest to Pastel Teal, a named cyan color with HEX #9FD8D2.

The RGB channels are 159, 216, and 210, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 174deg with 42% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.6114, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.23:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9FD8D2 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.23:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.59:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E2F3F1#E2F3F1 · #000000 text · best 18.32:1 #92E7DF#92E7DF · #000000 text · best 14.72:1 Powder Blue#B0E0E6 · #000000 text · best 14.65:1 Light Blue#ADD8E6 · #000000 text · best 13.74:1 #A1D9B7#A1D9B7 · #000000 text · best 13.12:1

Generated Palette

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

#D9A1A6#D9A1A6

#A1D9B7#A1D9B7

#A1C2D9#A1C2D9

#E2F3F1#E2F3F1

#60BEB4#60BEB4

Color Harmonies

#D9A1A6#D9A1A6

#A1D9B7#A1D9B7

#A1C2D9#A1C2D9

#D3A1D9#D3A1D9

#D9D3A1#D9D3A1

Variants

#E2F3F1#E2F3F1

#60BEB4#60BEB4

#92E7DF#92E7DF

#AFCAC7#AFCAC7

#FCFDFD#FCFDFD

#A3FFF6#A3FFF6

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Pastel Blue#AEC6CF

Light Blue#ADD8E6

Powder Blue#B0E0E6

Light Steel Blue#B0C4DE

Luminance0.6114

Black text13.23:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9FD8D2","rgb":[159,216,210],"hsl":[174,42,74],"cmyk":[26,0,3,15],"luminance":0.6114,"contrast":{"black":13.23,"white":1.59}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.23,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.59,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E2F3F1","hex":"#E2F3F1","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.32,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#92E7DF","hex":"#92E7DF","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.72,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.65,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Blue","hex":"#ADD8E6","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.74,"contrastWhite":1.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A1D9B7","hex":"#A1D9B7","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.12,"contrastWhite":1.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Pastel Teal adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9fd8d2.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-teal.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D9A1A6","analogous":["#A1D9B7","#A1C2D9"],"triadic":["#D3A1D9","#D9D3A1"],"tetradic":["#B7A1D9","#D9A1A6","#C2D9A1"],"splitComplementary":["#D9A1C2","#D9B7A1"],"monochromatic":["#E2F3F1","#9FD8D2","#60BEB4"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E2F3F1","dark":"#60BEB4","saturated":"#92E7DF","desaturated":"#AFCAC7","pastel":"#FCFDFD","neon":"#A3FFF6"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-teal","name":"Pastel Teal","hex":"#9FD8D2","distance":0},{"slug":"pastel-blue","name":"Pastel Blue","hex":"#AEC6CF","distance":23.62202362203543},{"slug":"light-blue","name":"Light Blue","hex":"#ADD8E6","distance":24.413111231467404},{"slug":"powder-blue","name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","distance":27.440845468024488},{"slug":"light-steel-blue","name":"Light Steel Blue","hex":"#B0C4DE","distance":28.861739379323623}]

#9FD8D2

CSS

About #9FD8D2

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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