#9DBDD7#9DBDD7

#9DBDD7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.051 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDD7
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(207, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -4.90, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 17.28, 253.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0232 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.051 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3644, 48.4679, 71.2945)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDD7 #D7B79D

analogous

#9DD7D4 #9DBDD7 #9DA0D7

triadic

#9DBDD7 #D79DBD #BDD79D

tetradic

#9DBDD7 #D49DD7 #D7B79D #A0D79D

square

#9DBDD7 #D49DD7 #D7B79D #A0D79D

split-complementary

#9DBDD7 #D79DA0 #D7D49D

monochromatic

#4882B1 #72A0C5 #9DBDD7 #C8DAE9 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DBDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9DBDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDD7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDD7	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.051 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e3',
    500: '#9dbdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdd7;
$custom-light: #bbd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78348,
    "c": 0.05084,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDD7

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6C30B5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDD7

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

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