#9FCDDE#9FCDDE

#9FCDDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.054 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCDDE
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(196, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -11.11, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 17.34, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0396 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.054 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3101, 56.3053, 77.3629)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCDDE #DEB09F

analogous

#9FDECF #9FCDDE #9FAEDE

triadic

#9FCDDE #DE9FCD #CDDE9F

tetradic

#9FCDDE #CF9FDE #DEB09F #AEDE9F

square

#9FCDDE #CF9FDE #DEB09F #AEDE9F

split-complementary

#9FCDDE #DE9FAE #DECF9F

monochromatic

#449EBF #71B5CE #9FCDDE #CDE5EE #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9FCDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#9FCDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCDDE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCDDE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.054 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddce8',
    500: '#9fcdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcdde;
$custom-light: #bddce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82141,
    "c": 0.05374,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCDDE

secondary

#B67F6B

accent

#5129BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCDDE

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

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