#9DBCD8#9DBCD8

#9DBCD8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.052 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCD8
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -4.13, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 17.95, 256.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0215 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.052 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2789, 48.0907, 71.9019)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCD8 #D8B99D

analogous

#9DD8D7 #9DBCD8 #9D9ED8

triadic

#9DBCD8 #D89DBC #BCD89D

tetradic

#9DBCD8 #D79DD8 #D8B99D #9ED89D

square

#9DBCD8 #D79DD8 #D8B99D #9ED89D

split-complementary

#9DBCD8 #D89D9E #D8D79D

monochromatic

#4780B3 #719EC7 #9DBCD8 #C9DAE9 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#9DBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCD8

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCD8	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.052 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e4',
    500: '#9dbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcd8;
$custom-light: #bbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.475,
    "s": 43.066,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78172,
    "c": 0.05236,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCD8

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6F2FB6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCD8

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

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