#9DCBDF#9DCBDF

#9DCBDF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.056 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBDF
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -10.41, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 18.10, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0385 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.056 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5757, 55.2054, 77.8940)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBDF #DFB19D

analogous

#9DDFD2 #9DCBDF #9DAADF

triadic

#9DCBDF #DF9DCB #CBDF9D

tetradic

#9DCBDF #D29DDF #DFB19D #AADF9D

square

#9DCBDF #D29DDF #DFB19D #AADF9D

split-complementary

#9DCBDF #DF9DAA #DFD29D

monochromatic

#419AC1 #6FB3D0 #9DCBDF #CBE3EE #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9DCBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBDF

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBDF	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.056 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdae9',
    500: '#9dcbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbdf;
$custom-light: #bbdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81624,
    "c": 0.05586,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBDF

secondary

#B88169

accent

#5527BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBDF

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

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