#9DCDEE#9DCDEE

#9DCDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.068 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDEE
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -7.84, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 22.69, 249.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0356 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.068 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1637, 57.0012, 89.1788)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDEE #EEBE9D

analogous

#9DEEE6 #9DCDEE #9DA5EE

triadic

#9DCDEE #EE9DCD #CDEE9D

tetradic

#9DCDEE #E69DEE #EEBE9D #A5EE9D

square

#9DCDEE #E69DEE #EEBE9D #A5EE9D

split-complementary

#9DCDEE #EE9DA5 #EEE69D

monochromatic

#3598DC #69B2E5 #9DCDEE #D1E8F7 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9DCDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#9DCDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDEE

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDEE	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.068 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdcf3',
    500: '#9dcdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdee;
$custom-light: #bcdcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8259,
    "c": 0.06849,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDEE

secondary

#CB8E65

accent

#6113D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDEE

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

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