#9DDAFF#9DDAFF

#9DDAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.081 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DDAFF
RGB	rgb(157, 218, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -10.37, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 26.29, 246.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0456 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.081 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0200, 64.5275, 104.0389)
Luminance	0.6453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DDAFF #FFC29D

analogous

#9DFFF3 #9DDAFF #9DA9FF

triadic

#9DDAFF #FF9DDA #DAFF9D

tetradic

#9DDAFF #F39DFF #FFC29D #A9FF9D

square

#9DDAFF #F39DFF #FFC29D #A9FF9D

split-complementary

#9DDAFF #FF9DA9 #FFF39D

monochromatic

#23ACFF #60C3FF #9DDAFF #DAF1FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9DDAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#9DDAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DDAFF

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DDAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DDAFF	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79E4E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ddaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 218, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.081 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde5ff',
    500: '#9ddaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ddaff;
$custom-light: #bde5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ddaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85986,
    "c": 0.08073,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DDAFF

secondary

#E3905E

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DDAFF

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

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