#9DCDEB#9DCDEB

#9DCDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.066 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDEB
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -8.57, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 21.61, 246.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0367 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.066 236)
XYZ	xyz(50.7266, 56.8264, 86.8769)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDEB #EBBB9D

analogous

#9DEBE2 #9DCDEB #9DA6EB

triadic

#9DCDEB #EB9DCD #CDEB9D

tetradic

#9DCDEB #E29DEB #EBBB9D #A6EB9D

square

#9DCDEB #E29DEB #EBBB9D #A6EB9D

split-complementary

#9DCDEB #EB9DA6 #EBE29D

monochromatic

#3799D6 #6AB3E1 #9DCDEB #D0E7F5 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9DCDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#9DCDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDEB

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDEB	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.066 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdcf1',
    500: '#9dcdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdeb;
$custom-light: #bcdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.06564,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.56829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDEB

secondary

#C78B66

accent

#5E18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDEB

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

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