#9DD5EE#9DD5EE

#9DD5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.067 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9DD5EE
RGBrgb(157, 213, 238)
HSLhsl(199, 70%, 77%)
HSVhsv(199, 34%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(34%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(82.34, -12.01, -18.03)
CIE-LCHlch(82.34, 21.66, 236.34°)
OKLaboklab(84.3% -0.0456 -0.0494)
OKLCHoklch(84.3% 0.067 227.3)
XYZxyz(53.1265, 60.9268, 89.8331)
Luminance0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9DD5EE #EEB69D
analogous
#9DEEDF #9DD5EE #9DACEE
triadic
#9DD5EE #EE9DD5 #D5EE9D
tetradic
#9DD5EE #DF9DEE #EEB69D #ACEE9D
square
#9DD5EE #DF9DEE #EEB69D #ACEE9D
split-complementary
#9DD5EE #EE9DAC #EEDF9D
monochromatic
#35A8DC #69BFE5 #9DD5EE #D1EBF7 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59
#9DD5EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19
#9DD5EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DD5EE
13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9DD5EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9DD5EE1.001.5913.1913.19
#FFFFFF1.591.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1921.001.001.00
##00000013.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8D2EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCC9EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#81DCDD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9dd5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.067 227.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce2f3',
    500: '#9dd5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9dd5ee;
$custom-light: #bce2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9dd5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.519,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84299,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9DD5EE
secondary
#CB8465
accent
#4E13D2
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F8FCFE
border
#D1D5D6
text
#121517
muted
#828485

Preview Lab

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#9DD5EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva