#9CC4E6#9CC4E6

#9CC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.065 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC4E6
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -5.32, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 21.83, 255.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0279 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.065 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7288, 52.2588, 82.4197)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC4E6 #E6BE9C

analogous

#9CE6E3 #9CC4E6 #9C9FE6

triadic

#9CC4E6 #E69CC4 #C4E69C

tetradic

#9CC4E6 #E39CE6 #E6BE9C #9FE69C

square

#9CC4E6 #E39CE6 #E6BE9C #9FE69C

split-complementary

#9CC4E6 #E69C9F #E6E39C

monochromatic

#3A8ACD #6BA7DA #9CC4E6 #CDE1F2 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9CC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#9CC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC4E6

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC4E6	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.065 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ee',
    500: '#9cc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc4e6;
$custom-light: #bbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80321,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC4E6

secondary

#C08F66

accent

#6C1EC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC4E6

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

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