#9DBCDA#9DBCDA

#9DBCDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.055 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCDA
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -3.65, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 18.81, 258.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0207 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.055 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5391, 48.1948, 73.2719)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCDA #DABB9D

analogous

#9DDAD9 #9DBCDA #9D9DDA

triadic

#9DBCDA #DA9DBC #BCDA9D

tetradic

#9DBCDA #D99DDA #DABB9D #9DDA9D

square

#9DBCDA #D99DDA #DABB9D #9DDA9D

split-complementary

#9DBCDA #DA9D9D #DAD99D

monochromatic

#457FB7 #719EC9 #9DBCDA #C9DAEB #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#9DBCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCDA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCDA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.055 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e5',
    500: '#9dbcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcda;
$custom-light: #bbd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.508,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.05461,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCDA

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#722DB8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCDA

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

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