#9DB5D5#9DB5D5

#9DB5D5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.053 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5D5
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -1.06, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 18.86, 266.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0131 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.053 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4354, 45.0185, 69.3915)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5D5 #D5BD9D

analogous

#9DD1D5 #9DB5D5 #A19DD5

triadic

#9DB5D5 #D59DB5 #B5D59D

tetradic

#9DB5D5 #D59DD1 #D5BD9D #9DD5A1

square

#9DB5D5 #D59DD1 #D5BD9D #9DD5A1

split-complementary

#9DB5D5 #D5A19D #D1D59D

monochromatic

#4A75AD #7295C3 #9DB5D5 #C8D5E7 #EAEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#9DB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#9DB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5D5

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5D5	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.053 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbe2',
    500: '#9db5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5d5;
$custom-light: #bbcbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76583,
    "c": 0.05316,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5D5

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#7C32B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5D5

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

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