#9AE8F9#9AE8F9

#9AE8F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.080 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE8F9
RGB	rgb(154, 232, 249)
HSL	hsl(191, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -19.75, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 25.29, 218.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0671 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.08 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.2759, 71.4189, 100.2659)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE8F9 #F9AB9A

analogous

#9AF9DB #9AE8F9 #9AB9F9

triadic

#9AE8F9 #F99AE8 #E8F99A

tetradic

#9AE8F9 #DB9AF9 #F9AB9A #B9F99A

square

#9AE8F9 #DB9AF9 #F9AB9A #B9F99A

split-complementary

#9AE8F9 #F99AB9 #F9DB9A

monochromatic

#26CEF2 #60DBF6 #9AE8F9 #D4F5FC #E2F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#9AE8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#9AE8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE8F9

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE8F9	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAE3FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74EFED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 232, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.080 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbeffb',
    500: '#9ae8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae8f9;
$custom-light: #bbeffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.737,
    "s": 88.785,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88623,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE8F9

secondary

#D9745E

accent

#2900E5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#121617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE8F9

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

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