#9DB5CE#9DB5CE

#9DB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.045 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5CE
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -2.70, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 15.59, 260.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0157 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.045 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5660, 44.6708, 64.8128)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5CE #CEB69D

analogous

#9DCDCE #9DB5CE #9D9DCE

triadic

#9DB5CE #CE9DB5 #B5CE9D

tetradic

#9DB5CE #CE9DCD #CEB69D #9DCE9D

square

#9DB5CE #CE9DCD #CEB69D #9DCE9D

split-complementary

#9DB5CE #CE9D9D #CDCE9D

monochromatic

#5077A0 #7496BA #9DB5CE #C6D4E2 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#9DB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#9DB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5CE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5CE	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.045 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbdd',
    500: '#9db5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5ce;
$custom-light: #bacbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.04467,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5CE

secondary

#EAE4DD

accent

#7439AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5CE

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

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