#9DCDFF#9DCDFF

#9DCDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.087 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDFF
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -3.54, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 29.68, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0298 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.087 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7801, 58.0478, 102.9589)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDFF #FFCF9D

analogous

#9DFEFF #9DCDFF #9E9DFF

triadic

#9DCDFF #FF9DCD #CDFF9D

tetradic

#9DCDFF #FF9DFE #FFCF9D #9DFF9E

square

#9DCDFF #FF9DFE #FFCF9D #9DFF9E

split-complementary

#9DCDFF #FF9E9D #FEFF9D

monochromatic

#238FFF #60AEFF #9DCDFF #DAECFF #E0EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9DCDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#9DCDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDFF

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDFF	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD8DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.087 249.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83245,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDFF

secondary

#E3A15E

accent

#7500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDFF

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

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