#9DBDDB#9DBDDB

#9DBDDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.055 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDDB
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -3.95, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 18.96, 257.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0217 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.055 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8847, 48.6760, 74.0346)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDDB #DBBB9D

analogous

#9DDBDA #9DBDDB #9D9EDB

triadic

#9DBDDB #DB9DBD #BDDB9D

tetradic

#9DBDDB #DA9DDB #DBBB9D #9EDB9D

square

#9DBDDB #DA9DDB #DBBB9D #9EDB9D

split-complementary

#9DBDDB #DB9D9E #DBDA9D

monochromatic

#4481B9 #709FCB #9DBDDB #CADBEB #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#9DBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDDB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDDB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.055 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e6',
    500: '#9dbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbddb;
$custom-light: #bbd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.0552,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDDB

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#702CB9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121415

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDDB

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

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