#9DCDFE#9DCDFE

#9DCDFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.086 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDFE
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 254)
HSL	hsl(210, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -3.80, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 29.24, 262.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0301 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.086 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6196, 57.9836, 102.1133)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDFE #FECE9D

analogous

#9DFEFE #9DCDFE #9D9DFE

triadic

#9DCDFE #FE9DCD #CDFE9D

tetradic

#9DCDFE #FE9DFE #FECE9D #9DFE9D

square

#9DCDFE #FE9DFE #FECE9D #9DFE9D

split-complementary

#9DCDFE #FE9D9D #FEFE9D

monochromatic

#248FFD #60AEFD #9DCDFE #DAECFF #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9DCDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#9DCDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDFE

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDFE	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.086 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcff',
    500: '#9dcdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdfe;
$custom-light: #bddcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.309,
    "s": 97.98,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83205,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDFE

secondary

#E1A05E

accent

#7400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDFE

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

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