#9DCCDD#9DCCDD

#9DCCDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.055 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCCDD
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -11.40, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 17.61, 229.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0406 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.055 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5446, 55.5721, 76.5612)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCCDD #DDAE9D

analogous

#9DDDCE #9DCCDD #9DACDD

triadic

#9DCCDD #DD9DCC #CCDD9D

tetradic

#9DCCDD #CE9DDD #DDAE9D #ACDD9D

square

#9DCCDD #CE9DDD #DDAE9D #ACDD9D

split-complementary

#9DCCDD #DD9DAC #DDCE9D

monochromatic

#429DBD #70B4CD #9DCCDD #CAE4ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9DCCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#9DCCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCCDD

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCCDD	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.055 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdbe7',
    500: '#9dccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dccdd;
$custom-light: #bbdbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.05465,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCCDD

secondary

#B57D69

accent

#512ABC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCCDD

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

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