#9DC6DB#9DC6DB

#9DC6DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.053 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6DB
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -8.73, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 17.25, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0335 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.053 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8810, 52.6687, 74.7000)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6DB #DBB29D

analogous

#9DDBD1 #9DC6DB #9DA7DB

triadic

#9DC6DB #DB9DC6 #C6DB9D

tetradic

#9DC6DB #D19DDB #DBB29D #A7DB9D

square

#9DC6DB #D19DDB #DBB29D #A7DB9D

split-complementary

#9DC6DB #DB9DA7 #DBD19D

monochromatic

#4492B9 #70ACCB #9DC6DB #CAE0EB #E9F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9DC6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#9DC6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6DB

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6DB	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.053 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd7e6',
    500: '#9dc6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6db;
$custom-light: #bbd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80411,
    "c": 0.05269,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6DB

secondary

#B3826A

accent

#5C2CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6DB

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

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