#9DCDEC#9DCDEC

#9DCDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.067 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDEC
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -8.33, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 21.97, 247.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0363 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.067 237)
XYZ	xyz(50.8715, 56.8843, 87.6399)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDEC #ECBC9D

analogous

#9DECE3 #9DCDEC #9DA6EC

triadic

#9DCDEC #EC9DCD #CDEC9D

tetradic

#9DCDEC #E39DEC #ECBC9D #A6EC9D

square

#9DCDEC #E39DEC #ECBC9D #A6EC9D

split-complementary

#9DCDEC #EC9DA6 #ECE39D

monochromatic

#3699D8 #6AB3E2 #9DCDEC #D0E7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9DCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#9DCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDEC

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDEC	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.067 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdcf2',
    500: '#9dcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdec;
$custom-light: #bcdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.544,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82516,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.56887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDEC

secondary

#C88C65

accent

#5F16CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDEC

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

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