#9DBCDE#9DBCDE

#9DBCDE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.059 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCDE
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -2.69, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 20.60, 262.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0193 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.059 251)
XYZ	xyz(45.0688, 48.4067, 76.0619)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCDE #DEBF9D

analogous

#9DDCDE #9DBCDE #9F9DDE

triadic

#9DBCDE #DE9DBC #BCDE9D

tetradic

#9DBCDE #DE9DDC #DEBF9D #9DDE9F

square

#9DBCDE #DE9DDC #DEBF9D #9DDE9F

split-complementary

#9DBCDE #DE9F9D #DCDE9D

monochromatic

#417DBF #6F9DCF #9DBCDE #CBDBED #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9DBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCDE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCDE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.059 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e8',
    500: '#9dbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbcde;
$custom-light: #bbd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.05924,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.48408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCDE

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#7629BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCDE

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

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