#9BCDDD#9BCDDD

#9BCDDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.057 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDDD
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -12.49, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 18.17, 226.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0437 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.057 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3959, 55.8493, 76.6226)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDDD #DDAB9B

analogous

#9BDDCC #9BCDDD #9BACDD

triadic

#9BCDDD #DD9BCD #CDDD9B

tetradic

#9BCDDD #CC9BDD #DDAB9B #ACDD9B

square

#9BCDDD #CC9BDD #DDAB9B #ACDD9B

split-complementary

#9BCDDD #DD9BAC #DDCC9B

monochromatic

#409FBD #6DB6CD #9BCDDD #C9E4ED #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#9BCDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDDD

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDDD	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.057 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badce7',
    500: '#9bcddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcddd;
$custom-light: #badce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81866,
    "c": 0.05663,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDDD

secondary

#B57A67

accent

#4D29BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDDD

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

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