#9DBCD9#9DBCD9

#9DBCD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.053 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCD9
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 44%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -3.89, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 18.38, 257.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0211 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.053 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4086, 48.1426, 72.5848)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCD9 #D9BA9D

analogous

#9DD9D8 #9DBCD9 #9D9ED9

triadic

#9DBCD9 #D99DBC #BCD99D

tetradic

#9DBCD9 #D89DD9 #D9BA9D #9ED99D

square

#9DBCD9 #D89DD9 #D9BA9D #9ED99D

split-complementary

#9DBCD9 #D99D9E #D9D89D

monochromatic

#4680B5 #719EC8 #9DBCD9 #C9DAEA #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#9DBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCD9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCD9	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.053 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e4',
    500: '#9dbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcd9;
$custom-light: #bbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.05347,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCD9

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#702EB7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCD9

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

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