#9DCBED#9DCBED

#9DCBED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.068 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCBED
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -7.03, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 22.74, 252.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0334 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.068 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5418, 55.9919, 88.2487)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCBED #EDBF9D

analogous

#9DEDE7 #9DCBED #9DA3ED

triadic

#9DCBED #ED9DCB #CBED9D

tetradic

#9DCBED #E79DED #EDBF9D #A3ED9D

square

#9DCBED #E79DED #EDBF9D #A3ED9D

split-complementary

#9DCBED #ED9DA3 #EDE79D

monochromatic

#3694DA #69B0E4 #9DCBED #D1E6F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9DCBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#9DCBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCBED

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCBED	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.068 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf3',
    500: '#9dcbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcbed;
$custom-light: #bcdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82128,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCBED

secondary

#C99065

accent

#6515D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCBED

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

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