Light Grey Blue#9DBCD4

#9DBCD4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.048 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Light Grey Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#9DBCD4
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -5.07, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 16.30, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0229 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.048 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7681, 47.8864, 69.2115)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCD4 #D4B59D

analogous

#9DD4D1 #9DBCD4 #9DA1D4

triadic

#9DBCD4 #D49DBC #BCD49D

tetradic

#9DBCD4 #D19DD4 #D4B59D #A1D49D

square

#9DBCD4 #D19DD4 #D4B59D #A1D49D

split-complementary

#9DBCD4 #D49DA1 #D4D19D

monochromatic

#4B81AB #729FC1 #9DBCD4 #C8D9E7 #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9DBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#9DBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCD4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCD4	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.048 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e1',
    500: '#9dbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcd4;
$custom-light: #bbd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.04808,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCD4

secondary

#ECE5DF

accent

#6B34B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCD4

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

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