#9DB5CC#9DB5CC

#9DB5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.042 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5CC
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -3.16, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 14.70, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0164 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.042 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3246, 44.5742, 63.5414)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5CC #CCB49D

analogous

#9DCCCB #9DB5CC #9D9DCC

triadic

#9DB5CC #CC9DB5 #B5CC9D

tetradic

#9DB5CC #CB9DCC #CCB49D #9DCC9D

square

#9DB5CC #CB9DCC #CCB49D #9DCC9D

split-complementary

#9DB5CC #CC9D9D #CCCB9D

monochromatic

#52789D #7597B7 #9DB5CC #C5D3E1 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9DB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9DB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5CC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5CC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.042 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbdb',
    500: '#9db5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5cc;
$custom-light: #bacbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76255,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5CC

secondary

#E9E2DC

accent

#723BAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5CC

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

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