#9DB5CD#9DB5CD

#9DB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.044 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5CD
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -2.93, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 15.14, 258.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.016 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.044 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4449, 44.6223, 64.1751)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5CD #CDB59D

analogous

#9DCDCD #9DB5CD #9D9DCD

triadic

#9DB5CD #CD9DB5 #B5CD9D

tetradic

#9DB5CD #CD9DCD #CDB59D #9DCD9D

square

#9DB5CD #CD9DCD #CDB59D #9DCD9D

split-complementary

#9DB5CD #CD9D9D #CDCD9D

monochromatic

#51789F #7496B8 #9DB5CD #C6D4E2 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9DB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#9DB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5CD

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5CD	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.044 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbdc',
    500: '#9db5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5cd;
$custom-light: #bacbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76291,
    "c": 0.04352,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5CD

secondary

#E9E3DD

accent

#733AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5CD

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

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