#9DCDDE#9DCDDE

#9DCDDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.055 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDDE
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -11.69, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 17.86, 229.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0415 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.055 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9166, 56.1024, 77.3445)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDDE #DEAE9D

analogous

#9DDECF #9DCDDE #9DADDE

triadic

#9DCDDE #DE9DCD #CDDE9D

tetradic

#9DCDDE #CF9DDE #DEAE9D #ADDE9D

square

#9DCDDE #CF9DDE #DEAE9D #ADDE9D

split-complementary

#9DCDDE #DE9DAD #DECF9D

monochromatic

#419EBF #6FB6CF #9DCDDE #CBE4ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9DCDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#9DCDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDDE

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDDE	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.055 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdce8',
    500: '#9dcdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdde;
$custom-light: #bbdce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8202,
    "c": 0.05548,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDDE

secondary

#B67D69

accent

#4F29BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDDE

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

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