#9DCEEB#9DCEEB

#9DCEEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.065 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCEEB
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(202, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -9.10, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 21.46, 244.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0379 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.065 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9666, 57.3063, 86.9569)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCEEB #EBBA9D

analogous

#9DEBE1 #9DCEEB #9DA7EB

triadic

#9DCEEB #EB9DCE #CEEB9D

tetradic

#9DCEEB #E19DEB #EBBA9D #A7EB9D

square

#9DCEEB #E19DEB #EBBA9D #A7EB9D

split-complementary

#9DCEEB #EB9DA7 #EBE19D

monochromatic

#379BD6 #6AB5E1 #9DCEEB #D0E7F5 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9DCEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#9DCEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCEEB

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCEEB	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.065 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcddf1',
    500: '#9dceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dceeb;
$custom-light: #bcddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.308,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.06543,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCEEB

secondary

#C78A66

accent

#5B18CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCEEB

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

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