#9DB3CD#9DB3CD

#9DB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.045 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3CD
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(213, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -1.84, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 15.77, 263.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0133 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.045 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0412, 43.8149, 64.0405)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3CD #CDB79D

analogous

#9DCBCD #9DB3CD #9F9DCD

triadic

#9DB3CD #CD9DB3 #B3CD9D

tetradic

#9DB3CD #CD9DCB #CDB79D #9DCD9F

square

#9DB3CD #CD9DCB #CDB79D #9DCD9F

split-complementary

#9DB3CD #CD9F9D #CBCD9D

monochromatic

#51759F #7494B8 #9DB3CD #C6D2E2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9DB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9DB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3CD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3CD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.045 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9dc',
    500: '#9db3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3cd;
$custom-light: #bac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75868,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3CD

secondary

#E9E3DD

accent

#773AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3CD

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

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