#9DCEDE#9DCEDE

#9DCEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.056 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCEDE
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -12.21, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 17.90, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0428 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.056 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1566, 56.5823, 77.4245)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCEDE #DEAD9D

analogous

#9DDECE #9DCEDE #9DAEDE

triadic

#9DCEDE #DE9DCE #CEDE9D

tetradic

#9DCEDE #CE9DDE #DEAD9D #AEDE9D

square

#9DCEDE #CE9DDE #DEAD9D #AEDE9D

split-complementary

#9DCEDE #DE9DAE #DECE9D

monochromatic

#41A0BF #6FB7CF #9DCEDE #CBE5ED #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9DCEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#9DCEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCEDE

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCEDE	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.056 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdde8',
    500: '#9dcede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcede;
$custom-light: #bbdde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82235,
    "c": 0.05572,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCEDE

secondary

#B67C69

accent

#4D29BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCEDE

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

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