Color reference

#94BDC5 color reference

Muted Light Cyan-blue

This is a muted, light cyan-blue under the deterministic OKLCH hue, lightness, and chroma ranges. Its closest standardized CSS named color is Light Steel Blue (#B0C4DE), measured with straight-line OKLab distance.

Descriptive label
Muted Light Cyan-blue
Recommended text
Black · 10.34:1
Relative luminance
0.467223
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Formats UI preview Contrast 50–900 scale Harmonies Matches Related colors Color vision Exports

Copyable values

#94BDC5 in common color formats

Values are calculated from the same opaque sRGB color. Display rounding does not alter the internal calculations.

Color conversions for #94BDC5
Format Value Action
HEX #94BDC5
RGB rgb(148 189 197)
HSL hsl(190 29.7% 67.65%)
HSV hsv(190 24.87% 77.25%)
HWB hwb(190 58.04% 22.75%)
XYZ D65 color(xyz-d65 0.404862 0.467214 0.597101)
LAB lab(73.8395% -12.7913 -8.7792)
LCH lch(73.8395% 15.5142 214.4636)
OKLAB oklab(77.1442% -0.038734 -0.023139)
OKLCH oklch(77.1442% 0.045119 210.853)

Real-world test

Try #94BDC5 on interface components

Preview the source as a primary action, subtle status, form treatment, and card surface. Persistent state controls help touch and keyboard users inspect the same normal, hover, and active colors.

Normal state uses #94BDC5 with black text at 10.34:1.

Action

Primary button

Use the controls above or point to and press the button to inspect its visual states.

Status

Subtle alert badge

A 12% source tint over white provides the background; readable text is selected separately.

Ready for review

Form

Border and focus ring

Source ring on white: 2.03:1 · does not meet the 3:1 non-text threshold where applicable.

Surface

Card component

The selected state becomes the card surface with its strongest black-or-white text pairing.

Design system Color decision ready Review states and surrounding surfaces before shipping.

Accessibility diagnostics

WCAG contrast for exact color pairs

Each result applies only to the named foreground, background, text size, and requirement. It is not a complete accessibility or component-conformance claim.

Source #94BDC5 Exact pair assessment Results for source text on white appear below.

On white

2.03:1

  • Fail AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Fail AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Fail AA large text · 3:1
  • Fail UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1
Source #94BDC5 Exact pair assessment Results for source text on black appear below.

On black

10.34:1

  • Pass AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Pass AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Pass AA large text · 3:1
  • Pass UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1

Use guidance

What this color may be suitable for

Not recommended

Normal-sized text

#94BDC5 does not reach 4.5:1 on white or Hue Codex paper, so it should not be used there for normal-sized text.

Needs a boundary

Controls and interface graphics

Against Hue Codex paper, the color reaches only 1.94:1. Use a contrasting border or another non-color boundary for meaningful controls and graphics.

Readable pairing available

Colored surface or button fill

Black text provides the stronger black/white pairing on #94BDC5 at 10.34:1. This validates only that text pair, not hover, focus, disabled, or adjacent-color states.

Restrained neutral

Palette role

Its OKLCH chroma of 0.0451 is restrained, which is generally more suitable for surfaces, borders, or neutral system roles than for a vivid accent.

Pair available

Color used as foreground

The stronger black/white background is black at 10.34:1. Always retest against the actual rendered background and text size.

Tested backgrounds

Foreground pairing comparison

#94BDC5 foreground contrast on tested backgrounds
Pair Background Contrast ratio
Black#000000 10.34:1
Hue Codex ink#10212B 8.12:1
White#FFFFFF 2.03:1
Hue Codex paper#FBFAF5 1.94:1
Soft neutral#F2EFE6 1.77:1
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Design-system starting point

A perceptual 50–900 reference scale

The source color is preserved at the nearest lightness step. Other swatches keep its OKLCH hue, moderate chroma toward the extremes, and reduce chroma only when needed to remain in sRGB.

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This is a Hue Codex reference scale, not a claim that the values match Tailwind, Material, or another framework’s named palette.

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Color relationships

Complementary, analogous, and triadic colors

Hue rotations use OKLCH while preserving lightness and requested chroma. When a rotated result falls outside sRGB, chroma is reduced deterministically and disclosed.

Complementary

Source #94BDC5
Complement

Analogous

Source #94BDC5
Analogous −30°
Analogous +30°

Triadic

Source #94BDC5
Triad +120°
Triad +240°

Applied pairing

A small interface check

The source anchors the main action while the complement marks a secondary status. Contrast is selected separately for each fill.

Project color Muted Light Cyan-blue
Complement
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Distance matching

Closest standardized and framework colors

Matches use straight-line OKLab distance ×100. A smaller value means the coordinates are closer in this model; it is not a claim that two tokens are interchangeable in a design system.

CSS named color

Light Steel Blue

#B0C4DE

OKLab distance ×100: 5.36

Tailwind v4 default

mist-400

oklch(72.3% 0.014 214.4)

OKLab distance ×100: 5.76 · sRGB preview #9CA8AB

Print boundary

Pantone match not estimated

Reliable print matching needs licensed reference data plus a defined ink, paper, profile, and viewing condition.

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Color-vision screening

Approximate color-vision-deficiency views

These encoded-sRGB matrix previews are screening approximations. They help reveal possible color-only distinctions but do not reproduce every person’s vision or establish accessibility conformance.

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Protanopia

Red-vision deficiency approximation

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Deuteranopia

Green-vision deficiency approximation

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Tritanopia

Blue-yellow deficiency approximation

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Achromatopsia

Monochromatic-vision approximation

Test #94BDC5 with a complete palette in the CVD Simulator

Ready to use

Copy framework-ready color tokens

Exports preserve the source, readable foreground, and generated 50–900 scale. Tailwind v4 CSS-first and Tailwind v3 JavaScript-config formats are labeled separately.

CSS custom properties

Semantic aliases and the complete 50–900 scale.

:root {
  --color-primary: #94BDC5;
  --color-on-primary: #000000;
  --color-primary-oklch: oklch(77.1442% 0.045119 210.853);
  --color-primary-50: #E2FAFF;
  --color-primary-100: #C6E5EB;
  --color-primary-200: #A7CCD3;
  --color-primary-300: #94BDC5;
  --color-primary-400: #749AA1;
  --color-primary-500: #5D8188;
  --color-primary-600: #486A70;
  --color-primary-700: #335359;
  --color-primary-800: #1F3D43;
  --color-primary-900: #0A292E;
}

Tailwind v4 CSS-first theme

Current @theme syntax for bg-brand, text-brand, and scale utilities.

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand: #94BDC5;
  --color-brand-foreground: #000000;
  --color-brand-50: #E2FAFF;
  --color-brand-100: #C6E5EB;
  --color-brand-200: #A7CCD3;
  --color-brand-300: #94BDC5;
  --color-brand-400: #749AA1;
  --color-brand-500: #5D8188;
  --color-brand-600: #486A70;
  --color-brand-700: #335359;
  --color-brand-800: #1F3D43;
  --color-brand-900: #0A292E;
}

Tailwind v3 / legacy config

CommonJS theme.extend.colors for JavaScript-config projects.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        brand: {
          '50': '#E2FAFF',
          '100': '#C6E5EB',
          '200': '#A7CCD3',
          '300': '#94BDC5',
          '400': '#749AA1',
          '500': '#5D8188',
          '600': '#486A70',
          '700': '#335359',
          '800': '#1F3D43',
          '900': '#0A292E',
          DEFAULT: '#94BDC5',
          foreground: '#000000',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Sass variables

Semantic source, foreground, OKLCH, and scale variables.

$color-primary: #94BDC5;
$color-on-primary: #000000;
$color-primary-oklch: oklch(77.1442% 0.045119 210.853);
$color-primary-50: #E2FAFF;
$color-primary-100: #C6E5EB;
$color-primary-200: #A7CCD3;
$color-primary-300: #94BDC5;
$color-primary-400: #749AA1;
$color-primary-500: #5D8188;
$color-primary-600: #486A70;
$color-primary-700: #335359;
$color-primary-800: #1F3D43;
$color-primary-900: #0A292E;

Modern color-mix()

Static fallbacks followed by OKLab tint and shade declarations.

:root {
  --color-primary: #94BDC5;
  --color-primary-tint: #A7CCD3;
  --color-primary-tint: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 72%, white);
  --color-primary-shade: #335359;
  --color-primary-shade: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 82%, black);
}

JSON design data

Source formats, readable text, and the generated scale.

{
    "name": "Muted Light Cyan-blue",
    "hex": "#94BDC5",
    "rgb": "rgb(148 189 197)",
    "oklch": "oklch(77.1442% 0.045119 210.853)",
    "recommendedText": "#000000",
    "scale": {
        "50": "#E2FAFF",
        "100": "#C6E5EB",
        "200": "#A7CCD3",
        "300": "#94BDC5",
        "400": "#749AA1",
        "500": "#5D8188",
        "600": "#486A70",
        "700": "#335359",
        "800": "#1F3D43",
        "900": "#0A292E"
    }
}

Continue the decision

Use #94BDC5 in a complete workflow

Reference values are a starting point. Test the color in its real role, background, states, typography, and surrounding palette before shipping.

Adjust #94BDC5 in Color PickerStart with this exact color and white as the working background for role and accessibility decisions. Build a palette from #94BDC5 in Palette GeneratorUse this exact HEX as the seed for a deterministic, role-based palette. Check #94BDC5 on white in Contrast CheckerStart with this color as the foreground and white as the background, then test the real pair.