#9CC3E7#9CC3E7

#9CC3E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.066 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC3E7
RGB	rgb(156, 195, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -4.54, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 22.53, 258.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0263 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.066 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6448, 51.8655, 83.0864)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC3E7 #E7C09C

analogous

#9CE7E5 #9CC3E7 #9C9DE7

triadic

#9CC3E7 #E79CC3 #C3E79C

tetradic

#9CC3E7 #E59CE7 #E7C09C #9DE79C

square

#9CC3E7 #E59CE7 #E7C09C #9DE79C

split-complementary

#9CC3E7 #E79C9D #E7E59C

monochromatic

#3987CF #6BA5DB #9CC3E7 #CDE1F3 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9CC3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#9CC3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC3E7

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC3E7	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 195, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.066 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ee',
    500: '#9cc3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc3e7;
$custom-light: #bbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80147,
    "c": 0.06611,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC3E7

secondary

#C19266

accent

#6F1DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC3E7

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

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