#9DCDFD#9DCDFD

#9DCDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.085 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDFD
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(210, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -4.05, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 28.80, 261.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0305 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.085 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4599, 57.9197, 101.2722)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDFD #FDCD9D

analogous

#9DFDFD #9DCDFD #9D9DFD

triadic

#9DCDFD #FD9DCD #CDFD9D

tetradic

#9DCDFD #FD9DFD #FDCD9D #9DFD9D

square

#9DCDFD #FD9DFD #FDCD9D #9DFD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDFD #FD9D9D #FDFD9D

monochromatic

#2590FB #61AEFC #9DCDFD #D9ECFE #E1F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9DCDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#9DCDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDFD

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDFD	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.085 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcfe',
    500: '#9dcdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdfd;
$custom-light: #bddcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83165,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDFD

secondary

#E09F5F

accent

#7300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDFD

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

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