#9DCBEB#9DCBEB

#9DCBEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.066 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBEB
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -7.52, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 21.98, 249.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0341 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.066 239)
XYZ	xyz(50.2512, 55.8757, 86.7184)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBEB #EBBD9D

analogous

#9DEBE4 #9DCBEB #9DA4EB

triadic

#9DCBEB #EB9DCB #CBEB9D

tetradic

#9DCBEB #E49DEB #EBBD9D #A4EB9D

square

#9DCBEB #E49DEB #EBBD9D #A4EB9D

split-complementary

#9DCBEB #EB9DA4 #EBE49D

monochromatic

#3795D6 #6AB0E1 #9DCBEB #D0E6F5 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9DCBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#9DCBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBEB

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBEB	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.066 239.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82054,
    "c": 0.0662,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.55878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBEB

secondary

#C78D66

accent

#6218CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBEB

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

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