#9DB9CD#9DB9CD

#9DB9CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.042 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB9CD
RGB	rgb(157, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -5.08, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 14.17, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0215 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.042 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2700, 46.2724, 64.4501)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB9CD #CDB19D

analogous

#9DCDC9 #9DB9CD #9DA1CD

triadic

#9DB9CD #CD9DB9 #B9CD9D

tetradic

#9DB9CD #C99DCD #CDB19D #A1CD9D

square

#9DB9CD #C99DCD #CDB19D #A1CD9D

split-complementary

#9DB9CD #CD9DA1 #CDC99D

monochromatic

#517E9F #749CB8 #9DB9CD #C6D6E2 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9DB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#9DB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB9CD

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB9CD	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.042 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacedc',
    500: '#9db9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db9cd;
$custom-light: #bacedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77141,
    "c": 0.04192,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB9CD

secondary

#E9E2DD

accent

#693AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB9CD

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

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