#9DBDCD#9DBDCD

#9DBDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.041 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDCD
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -7.21, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 13.67, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0269 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.041 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1185, 47.9696, 64.7330)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDCD #CDAD9D

analogous

#9DCDC5 #9DBDCD #9DA5CD

triadic

#9DBDCD #CD9DBD #BDCD9D

tetradic

#9DBDCD #C59DCD #CDAD9D #A5CD9D

square

#9DBDCD #C59DCD #CDAD9D #A5CD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDCD #CD9DA5 #CDC59D

monochromatic

#51859F #74A2B8 #9DBDCD #C6D8E2 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#9DBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDCD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDCD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.041 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0dc',
    500: '#9dbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdcd;
$custom-light: #bad0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77997,
    "c": 0.04146,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDCD

secondary

#E9E1DD

accent

#603AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDCD

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

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