#9CC4E7#9CC4E7

#9CC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.066 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC4E7
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -5.07, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 22.25, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0276 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.066 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8696, 52.3151, 83.1614)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC4E7 #E7BF9C

analogous

#9CE7E4 #9CC4E7 #9C9EE7

triadic

#9CC4E7 #E79CC4 #C4E79C

tetradic

#9CC4E7 #E49CE7 #E7BF9C #9EE79C

square

#9CC4E7 #E49CE7 #E7BF9C #9EE79C

split-complementary

#9CC4E7 #E79C9E #E7E49C

monochromatic

#3989CF #6BA7DB #9CC4E7 #CDE1F3 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9CC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9CC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC4E7

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC4E7	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.066 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ee',
    500: '#9cc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc4e7;
$custom-light: #bbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80359,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC4E7

secondary

#C19166

accent

#6D1DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC4E7

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

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