#9DC0CD#9DC0CD

#9DC0CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.042 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC0CD
RGB	rgb(157, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -8.80, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 13.62, 229.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0309 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.042 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7705, 49.2736, 64.9503)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC0CD #CDAA9D

analogous

#9DCDC2 #9DC0CD #9DA8CD

triadic

#9DC0CD #CD9DC0 #C0CD9D

tetradic

#9DC0CD #C29DCD #CDAA9D #A8CD9D

square

#9DC0CD #C29DCD #CDAA9D #A8CD9D

split-complementary

#9DC0CD #CD9DA8 #CDC29D

monochromatic

#518A9F #74A6B8 #9DC0CD #C6DAE2 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9DC0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#9DC0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC0CD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC0CD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.042 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad3dc',
    500: '#9dc0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc0cd;
$custom-light: #bad3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.04187,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC0CD

secondary

#E9E0DD

accent

#593AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC0CD

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

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