#9DBECE#9DBECE

#9DBECE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.042 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBECE
RGB	rgb(157, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -7.52, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 13.91, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0278 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.042 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4555, 48.4497, 65.4427)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBECE #CEAD9D

analogous

#9DCEC5 #9DBECE #9DA5CE

triadic

#9DBECE #CE9DBE #BECE9D

tetradic

#9DBECE #C59DCE #CEAD9D #A5CE9D

square

#9DBECE #C59DCE #CEAD9D #A5CE9D

split-complementary

#9DBECE #CE9DA5 #CEC59D

monochromatic

#5086A0 #74A3BA #9DBECE #C6D9E2 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DBECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9DBECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBECE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBECE	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)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.042 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad1dd',
    500: '#9dbece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbece;
$custom-light: #bad1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.04229,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBECE

secondary

#EAE1DD

accent

#5F39AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBECE

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

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