#9DC3DA#9DC3DA

#9DC3DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.052 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC3DA
RGB	rgb(157, 195, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -7.39, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 17.27, 244.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.03 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.052 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0708, 51.2584, 73.7825)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC3DA #DAB49D

analogous

#9DDAD2 #9DC3DA #9DA4DA

triadic

#9DC3DA #DA9DC3 #C3DA9D

tetradic

#9DC3DA #D29DDA #DAB49D #A4DA9D

square

#9DC3DA #D29DDA #DAB49D #A4DA9D

split-complementary

#9DC3DA #DA9DA4 #DAD29D

monochromatic

#458CB7 #71A8C9 #9DC3DA #C9DEEB #E9F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DC3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9DC3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC3DA

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC3DA	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 195, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.052 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5e5',
    500: '#9dc3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc3da;
$custom-light: #bbd5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.05212,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC3DA

secondary

#B1856A

accent

#622DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC3DA

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

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