#9CBDCD#9CBDCD

#9CBDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.042 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDCD
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -7.52, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 13.92, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0279 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.042 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9242, 47.8694, 64.7239)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDCD #CDAC9C

analogous

#9CCDC4 #9CBDCD #9CA4CD

triadic

#9CBDCD #CD9CBD #BDCD9C

tetradic

#9CBDCD #C49CCD #CDAC9C #A4CD9C

square

#9CBDCD #C49CCD #CDAC9C #A4CD9C

split-complementary

#9CBDCD #CD9CA4 #CDC49C

monochromatic

#50859F #73A2B8 #9CBDCD #C5D8E2 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9CBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#9CBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDCD

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDCD	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.042 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0dc',
    500: '#9cbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdcd;
$custom-light: #bad0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.04232,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDCD

secondary

#E9E0DC

accent

#5F3AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDCD

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

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