#9DD8EA#9DD8EA

#9DD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.065 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DD8EA
RGB	rgb(157, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -14.51, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 20.78, 225.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0508 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.065 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3069, 62.2175, 87.0263)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DD8EA #EAAF9D

analogous

#9DEAD6 #9DD8EA #9DB2EA

triadic

#9DD8EA #EA9DD8 #D8EA9D

tetradic

#9DD8EA #D69DEA #EAAF9D #B2EA9D

square

#9DD8EA #D69DEA #EAAF9D #B2EA9D

split-complementary

#9DD8EA #EA9DB2 #EAD69D

monochromatic

#38B0D4 #6BC4DF #9DD8EA #CFECF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9DD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#9DD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DD8EA

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DD8EA	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.065 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4f0',
    500: '#9dd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dd8ea;
$custom-light: #bce4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84805,
    "c": 0.06509,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DD8EA

secondary

#C57C66

accent

#4319CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DD8EA

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

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