#9DBDCE#9DBDCE

#9DBDCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.042 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDCE
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -6.99, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 13.98, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0265 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.042 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2396, 48.0180, 65.3707)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDCE #CEAE9D

analogous

#9DCEC6 #9DBDCE #9DA4CE

triadic

#9DBDCE #CE9DBD #BDCE9D

tetradic

#9DBDCE #C69DCE #CEAE9D #A4CE9D

square

#9DBDCE #C69DCE #CEAE9D #A4CE9D

split-complementary

#9DBDCE #CE9DA4 #CEC69D

monochromatic

#5085A0 #74A2BA #9DBDCE #C6D8E2 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9DBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#9DBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDCE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDCE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.042 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0dd',
    500: '#9dbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdce;
$custom-light: #bad0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78031,
    "c": 0.04228,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDCE

secondary

#EAE1DD

accent

#6139AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDCE

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

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