#9DCBEC#9DCBEC

#9DCBEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.067 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBEC
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -7.28, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 22.36, 251.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0338 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.067 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3961, 55.9336, 87.4815)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBEC #ECBE9D

analogous

#9DECE5 #9DCBEC #9DA4EC

triadic

#9DCBEC #EC9DCB #CBEC9D

tetradic

#9DCBEC #E59DEC #ECBE9D #A4EC9D

square

#9DCBEC #E59DEC #ECBE9D #A4EC9D

split-complementary

#9DCBEC #EC9DA4 #ECE59D

monochromatic

#3695D8 #6AB0E2 #9DCBEC #D0E6F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9DCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#9DCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBEC

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBEC	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.067 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf2',
    500: '#9dcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbec;
$custom-light: #bcdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.063,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82091,
    "c": 0.06719,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBEC

secondary

#C88E65

accent

#6316CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBEC

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

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