#9DC6DA#9DC6DA

#9DC6DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.052 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6DA
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 218)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -8.97, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 16.95, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0339 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.052 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7498, 52.6162, 74.0088)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6DA #DAB19D

analogous

#9DDACF #9DC6DA #9DA7DA

triadic

#9DC6DA #DA9DC6 #C6DA9D

tetradic

#9DC6DA #CF9DDA #DAB19D #A7DA9D

square

#9DC6DA #CF9DDA #DAB19D #A7DA9D

split-complementary

#9DC6DA #DA9DA7 #DACF9D

monochromatic

#4592B7 #71ACC9 #9DC6DA #C9E0EB #E9F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9DC6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#9DC6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6DA

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6DA	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.052 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd7e5',
    500: '#9dc6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6da;
$custom-light: #bbd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80376,
    "c": 0.05188,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6DA

secondary

#B1816A

accent

#5B2DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6DA

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

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