#9DBDD5#9DBDD5

#9DBDD5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.049 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDD5
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(206, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(206, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -5.37, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 16.48, 250.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0239 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.049 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1090, 48.3657, 69.9494)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDD5 #D5B59D

analogous

#9DD5D1 #9DBDD5 #9DA1D5

triadic

#9DBDD5 #D59DBD #BDD59D

tetradic

#9DBDD5 #D19DD5 #D5B59D #A1D59D

square

#9DBDD5 #D19DD5 #D5B59D #A1D59D

split-complementary

#9DBDD5 #D59DA1 #D5D19D

monochromatic

#4A83AD #72A0C3 #9DBDD5 #C8DAE7 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#9DBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDD5

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDD5	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.049 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e2',
    500: '#9dbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdd5;
$custom-light: #bbd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.04877,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDD5

secondary

#EDE4DE

accent

#6A32B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDD5

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

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