#9DBCD6#9DBCD6

#9DBCD6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.050 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCD6
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(207, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.60, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 17.11, 254.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0222 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.05 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0219, 47.9880, 70.5484)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCD6 #D6B79D

analogous

#9DD6D3 #9DBCD6 #9DA0D6

triadic

#9DBCD6 #D69DBC #BCD69D

tetradic

#9DBCD6 #D39DD6 #D6B79D #A0D69D

square

#9DBCD6 #D39DD6 #D6B79D #A0D69D

split-complementary

#9DBCD6 #D69DA0 #D6D39D

monochromatic

#4981AF #729FC4 #9DBCD6 #C8D9E8 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#9DBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCD6

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCD6	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.050 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e2',
    500: '#9dbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcd6;
$custom-light: #bbd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.368,
    "s": 41.007,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78099,
    "c": 0.05018,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCD6

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6D31B4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCD6

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

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