#9CC3EF#9CC3EF

#9CC3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.075 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC3EF
RGB	rgb(156, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -2.54, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 26.08, 264.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0236 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.075 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8006, 52.3278, 89.1735)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC3EF #EFC89C

analogous

#9CEDEF #9CC3EF #9E9CEF

triadic

#9CC3EF #EF9CC3 #C3EF9C

tetradic

#9CC3EF #EF9CED #EFC89C #9CEF9E

square

#9CC3EF #EF9CED #EFC89C #9CEF9E

split-complementary

#9CC3EF #EF9E9C #EDEF9C

monochromatic

#3383DE #67A3E6 #9CC3EF #D1E3F8 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9CC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#9CC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC3EF

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC3EF	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.075 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f4',
    500: '#9cc3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc3ef;
$custom-light: #bbd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.807,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80456,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC3EF

secondary

#CC9B63

accent

#7911D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC3EF

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

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