#9DBDDA#9DBDDA

#9DBDDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.054 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDDA
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -4.19, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 18.53, 256.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0221 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.054 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7534, 48.6235, 73.3433)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDDA #DABA9D

analogous

#9DDAD8 #9DBDDA #9D9EDA

triadic

#9DBDDA #DA9DBD #BDDA9D

tetradic

#9DBDDA #D89DDA #DABA9D #9EDA9D

square

#9DBDDA #D89DDA #DABA9D #9EDA9D

split-complementary

#9DBDDA #DA9D9E #DAD89D

monochromatic

#4581B7 #719FC9 #9DBDDA #C9DBEB #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9DBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDDA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDDA	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.054 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e5',
    500: '#9dbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbdda;
$custom-light: #bbd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.525,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78457,
    "c": 0.05409,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDDA

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6F2DB8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121415

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDDA

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

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