#9DB8CD#9DB8CD

#9DB8CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.042 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB8CD
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -4.54, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 14.38, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0201 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.042 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0615, 45.8555, 64.3806)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB8CD #CDB29D

analogous

#9DCDCA #9DB8CD #9DA0CD

triadic

#9DB8CD #CD9DB8 #B8CD9D

tetradic

#9DB8CD #CA9DCD #CDB29D #A0CD9D

square

#9DB8CD #CA9DCD #CDB29D #A0CD9D

split-complementary

#9DB8CD #CD9DA0 #CDCA9D

monochromatic

#517D9F #749BB8 #9DB8CD #C6D5E2 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9DB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#9DB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB8CD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB8CD	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.042 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacddc',
    500: '#9db8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db8cd;
$custom-light: #bacddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.04222,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB8CD

secondary

#E9E2DD

accent

#6C3AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB8CD

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

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