#9DBDD4#9DBDD4

#9DBDD4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.048 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDD4
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -5.60, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 16.09, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0243 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.048 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9825, 48.3151, 69.2830)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDD4 #D4B49D

analogous

#9DD4D0 #9DBDD4 #9DA2D4

triadic

#9DBDD4 #D49DBD #BDD49D

tetradic

#9DBDD4 #D09DD4 #D4B49D #A2D49D

square

#9DBDD4 #D09DD4 #D4B49D #A2D49D

split-complementary

#9DBDD4 #D49DA2 #D4D09D

monochromatic

#4B83AB #72A0C1 #9DBDD4 #C8DAE7 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9DBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDD4

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDD4	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.048 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e1',
    500: '#9dbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdd4;
$custom-light: #bbd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDD4

secondary

#ECE4DF

accent

#6834B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDD4

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

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