#9DCAEB#9DCAEB

#9DCAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.067 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCAEB
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -6.99, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 22.20, 251.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0329 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.067 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0159, 55.4049, 86.6400)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCAEB #EBBE9D

analogous

#9DEBE5 #9DCAEB #9DA3EB

triadic

#9DCAEB #EB9DCA #CAEB9D

tetradic

#9DCAEB #E59DEB #EBBE9D #A3EB9D

square

#9DCAEB #E59DEB #EBBE9D #A3EB9D

split-complementary

#9DCAEB #EB9DA3 #EBE59D

monochromatic

#3793D6 #6AAFE1 #9DCAEB #D0E5F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#9DCAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCAEB

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCAEB	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.067 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf1',
    500: '#9dcaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcaeb;
$custom-light: #bcdaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81842,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCAEB

secondary

#C78F66

accent

#6518CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCAEB

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

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