#9DDEF5#9DDEF5

#9DDEF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.073 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DDEF5
RGB	rgb(157, 222, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(196, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -14.91, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 23.17, 229.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0541 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.073 222)
XYZ	xyz(56.5018, 65.9999, 96.1305)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DDEF5 #F5B49D

analogous

#9DF5E0 #9DDEF5 #9DB2F5

triadic

#9DDEF5 #F59DDE #DEF59D

tetradic

#9DDEF5 #E09DF5 #F5B49D #B2F59D

square

#9DDEF5 #E09DF5 #F5B49D #B2F59D

split-complementary

#9DDEF5 #F59DB2 #F5E09D

monochromatic

#2EB9EA #65CBEF #9DDEF5 #D5F1FB #E3F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9DDEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#9DDEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DDEF5

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DDEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DDEF5	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0DAF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D0F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DE6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ddef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 222, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.073 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde8f8',
    500: '#9ddef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ddef5;
$custom-light: #bde8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ddef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8648,
    "c": 0.07274,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.66003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DDEF5

secondary

#D48062

accent

#4008DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DDEF5

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

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