#9DDCED#9DDCED

#9DDCED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.068 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DDCED
RGB	rgb(157, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -15.83, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 21.60, 222.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0546 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.068 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7788, 64.4658, 89.6611)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DDCED #EDAE9D

analogous

#9DEDD6 #9DDCED #9DB4ED

triadic

#9DDCED #ED9DDC #DCED9D

tetradic

#9DDCED #D69DED #EDAE9D #B4ED9D

square

#9DDCED #D69DED #EDAE9D #B4ED9D

split-complementary

#9DDCED #ED9DB4 #EDD69D

monochromatic

#36B7DA #69CAE4 #9DDCED #D1EEF6 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9DDCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#9DDCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DDCED

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DDCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DDCED	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ddced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.068 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce7f2',
    500: '#9ddced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ddced;
$custom-light: #bce7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ddced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.75,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85771,
    "c": 0.06783,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DDCED

secondary

#C97A65

accent

#3D15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DDCED

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

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