#9AE5F8#9AE5F8

#9AE5F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.078 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE5F8
RGB	rgb(154, 229, 248)
HSL	hsl(192, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(192, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -18.49, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 24.82, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0639 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.078 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2831, 69.6822, 99.1676)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE5F8 #F8AD9A

analogous

#9AF8DC #9AE5F8 #9AB6F8

triadic

#9AE5F8 #F89AE5 #E5F89A

tetradic

#9AE5F8 #DC9AF8 #F8AD9A #B6F89A

square

#9AE5F8 #DC9AF8 #F8AD9A #B6F89A

split-complementary

#9AE5F8 #F89AB6 #F8DC9A

monochromatic

#28C8F0 #61D6F4 #9AE5F8 #D3F4FC #E2F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#9AE5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#9AE5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE5F8

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE5F8	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7E0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75ECEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 229, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.078 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbedfa',
    500: '#9ae5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae5f8;
$custom-light: #bbedfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.128,
    "s": 87.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87937,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE5F8

secondary

#D8775E

accent

#3002E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE5F8

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

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