#9DBCDC#9DBCDC

#9DBCDC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.057 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCDC
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(210, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -3.17, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 19.70, 260.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.02 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.057 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8023, 48.3001, 74.6585)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCDC #DCBD9D

analogous

#9DDCDC #9DBCDC #9E9DDC

triadic

#9DBCDC #DC9DBC #BCDC9D

tetradic

#9DBCDC #DC9DDC #DCBD9D #9DDC9E

square

#9DBCDC #DC9DDC #DCBD9D #9DDC9E

split-complementary

#9DBCDC #DC9E9D #DCDC9D

monochromatic

#437EBC #709DCC #9DBCDC #CADBEC #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9DBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCDC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCDC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.057 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e7',
    500: '#9dbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcdc;
$custom-light: #bbd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.476,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78319,
    "c": 0.0569,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCDC

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#742BBB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCDC

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

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