#9DCDED#9DCDED

#9DCDED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.068 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDED
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -8.08, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 22.33, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0359 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.068 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0172, 56.9426, 88.4072)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDED #EDBD9D

analogous

#9DEDE5 #9DCDED #9DA5ED

triadic

#9DCDED #ED9DCD #CDED9D

tetradic

#9DCDED #E59DED #EDBD9D #A5ED9D

square

#9DCDED #E59DED #EDBD9D #A5ED9D

split-complementary

#9DCDED #ED9DA5 #EDE59D

monochromatic

#3698DA #69B3E4 #9DCDED #D1E7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9DCDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#9DCDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDED

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDED	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.068 237.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82553,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDED

secondary

#C98D65

accent

#6015D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDED

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

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