#9DBDCB#9DBDCB

#9DBDCB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.040 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDCB
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -7.67, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 13.09, 234.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0276 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.04 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8787, 47.8736, 63.4697)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDCB #CBAB9D

analogous

#9DCBC2 #9DBDCB #9DA6CB

triadic

#9DBDCB #CB9DBD #BDCB9D

tetradic

#9DBDCB #C29DCB #CBAB9D #A6CB9D

square

#9DBDCB #C29DCB #CBAB9D #A6CB9D

split-complementary

#9DBDCB #CB9DA6 #CBC29D

monochromatic

#52859B #75A2B6 #9DBDCB #C5D8E0 #EBF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9DBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#9DBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDCB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDCB	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.040 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0da',
    500: '#9dbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdcb;
$custom-light: #bad0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.03995,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDCB

secondary

#E8DFDC

accent

#5D3CA9

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDCB

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

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