#9DBDDD#9DBDDD

#9DBDDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.057 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBDDD
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -3.47, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 19.83, 259.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.021 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.057 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1495, 48.7820, 75.4296)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBDDD #DDBD9D

analogous

#9DDDDD #9DBDDD #9D9DDD

triadic

#9DBDDD #DD9DBD #BDDD9D

tetradic

#9DBDDD #DD9DDD #DDBD9D #9DDD9D

square

#9DBDDD #DD9DDD #DDBD9D #9DDD9D

split-complementary

#9DBDDD #DD9D9D #DDDD9D

monochromatic

#4280BD #709ECD #9DBDDD #CADCED #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9DBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#9DBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBDDD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBDDD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.057 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e7',
    500: '#9dbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbddd;
$custom-light: #bbd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78568,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBDDD

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#732ABC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBDDD

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

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