#9DBDD3#9DBDD3

#9DBDD3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.047 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDD3
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -5.84, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 15.71, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0246 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.047 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8567, 48.2648, 68.6207)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDD3 #D3B39D

analogous

#9DD3CE #9DBDD3 #9DA2D3

triadic

#9DBDD3 #D39DBD #BDD39D

tetradic

#9DBDD3 #CE9DD3 #D3B39D #A2D39D

square

#9DBDD3 #CE9DD3 #D3B39D #A2D39D

split-complementary

#9DBDD3 #D39DA2 #D3CE9D

monochromatic

#4C83A9 #73A1C0 #9DBDD3 #C7D9E6 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9DBDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDD3

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDD3	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.047 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e0',
    500: '#9dbdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdd3;
$custom-light: #bbd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDD3

secondary

#ECE4DF

accent

#6735B1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDD3

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

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