#9AE8FF#9AE8FF

#9AE8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.083 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE8FF
RGB	rgb(154, 232, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(194, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -18.27, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 26.12, 225.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0648 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.083 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2267, 71.7992, 105.2734)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE8FF #FFB19A

analogous

#9AFFE3 #9AE8FF #9AB6FF

triadic

#9AE8FF #FF9AE8 #E8FF9A

tetradic

#9AE8FF #E39AFF #FFB19A #B6FF9A

square

#9AE8FF #E39AFF #FFB19A #B6FF9A

split-complementary

#9AE8FF #FF9AB6 #FFE39A

monochromatic

#20CCFF #5DDAFF #9AE8FF #D7F6FF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#9AE8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#9AE8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE8FF

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE8FF	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D7FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71F0EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 232, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.083 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcefff',
    500: '#9ae8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae8ff;
$custom-light: #bcefff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8883,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE8FF

secondary

#E27A5B

accent

#3400E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#121618

muted

#828586

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE8FF

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

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