#9CC4E4#9CC4E4

#9CC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.062 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC4E4
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -5.81, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 21.02, 253.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0286 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.062 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4495, 52.1471, 80.9490)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC4E4 #E4BC9C

analogous

#9CE4E0 #9CC4E4 #9CA0E4

triadic

#9CC4E4 #E49CC4 #C4E49C

tetradic

#9CC4E4 #E09CE4 #E4BC9C #A0E49C

square

#9CC4E4 #E09CE4 #E4BC9C #A0E49C

split-complementary

#9CC4E4 #E49CA0 #E4E09C

monochromatic

#3C8BCA #6CA7D7 #9CC4E4 #CCE1F1 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9CC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#9CC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC4E4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC4E4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.062 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ec',
    500: '#9cc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc4e4;
$custom-light: #bbd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80246,
    "c": 0.06238,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC4E4

secondary

#BE8D67

accent

#6A21C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC4E4

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

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