#9DBCD5#9DBCD5

#9DBCD5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.049 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCD5
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -4.83, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 16.70, 253.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0226 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.049 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8946, 47.9370, 69.8779)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCD5 #D5B69D

analogous

#9DD5D2 #9DBCD5 #9DA0D5

triadic

#9DBCD5 #D59DBC #BCD59D

tetradic

#9DBCD5 #D29DD5 #D5B69D #A0D59D

square

#9DBCD5 #D29DD5 #D5B69D #A0D59D

split-complementary

#9DBCD5 #D59DA0 #D5D29D

monochromatic

#4A81AD #729FC3 #9DBCD5 #C8D9E7 #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#9DBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCD5

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCD5	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.049 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e2',
    500: '#9dbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcd5;
$custom-light: #bbd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.786,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78063,
    "c": 0.04913,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCD5

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6C32B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCD5

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

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