#9DDDEC#9DDDEC

#9DDDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.068 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DDDEC
RGB	rgb(157, 221, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(191, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -16.58, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 21.57, 219.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0562 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.068 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8963, 64.9340, 88.9815)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DDDEC #ECAC9D

analogous

#9DECD3 #9DDDEC #9DB6EC

triadic

#9DDDEC #EC9DDD #DDEC9D

tetradic

#9DDDEC #D39DEC #ECAC9D #B6EC9D

square

#9DDDEC #D39DEC #ECAC9D #B6EC9D

split-complementary

#9DDDEC #EC9DB6 #ECD39D

monochromatic

#36B9D8 #6ACBE2 #9DDDEC #D0EFF6 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#9DDDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#9DDDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DDDEC

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DDDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DDDEC	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dddec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 221, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.068 213.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dddec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85954,
    "c": 0.06773,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DDDEC

secondary

#C87865

accent

#3916CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DDDEC

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

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