#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
RGB	rgb(157, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -12.01, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 21.66, 236.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0456 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.067 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1265, 60.9268, 89.8331)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##9DD5EE	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9DD5EE

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

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