#9DB5D3#9DB5D3

#9DB5D3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.051 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5D3
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(213, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -1.53, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 17.90, 265.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0138 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.051 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1831, 44.9176, 68.0628)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5D3 #D3BB9D

analogous

#9DD0D3 #9DB5D3 #A09DD3

triadic

#9DB5D3 #D39DB5 #B5D39D

tetradic

#9DB5D3 #D39DD0 #D3BB9D #9DD3A0

square

#9DB5D3 #D39DD0 #D3BB9D #9DD3A0

split-complementary

#9DB5D3 #D3A09D #D0D39D

monochromatic

#4C76A9 #7395C0 #9DB5D3 #C7D5E6 #EAEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9DB5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#9DB5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5D3

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5D3	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.051 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbe0',
    500: '#9db5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5d3;
$custom-light: #bbcbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76509,
    "c": 0.05068,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5D3

secondary

#ECE6DF

accent

#7A35B1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5D3

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

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