#9DCBDA#9DCBDA

#9DCBDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.053 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBDA
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -11.58, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 16.93, 226.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0404 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.053 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9115, 54.9398, 74.3960)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBDA #DAAC9D

analogous

#9DDACA #9DCBDA #9DACDA

triadic

#9DCBDA #DA9DCB #CBDA9D

tetradic

#9DCBDA #CA9DDA #DAAC9D #ACDA9D

square

#9DCBDA #CA9DDA #DAAC9D #ACDA9D

split-complementary

#9DCBDA #DA9DAC #DACA9D

monochromatic

#459BB7 #71B3C9 #9DCBDA #C9E3EB #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9DCBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#9DCBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBDA

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBDA	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.053 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdae5',
    500: '#9dcbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbda;
$custom-light: #bbdae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.05261,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBDA

secondary

#B17B6A

accent

#4F2DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBDA

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

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