#9CC4E9#9CC4E9

#9CC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.068 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC4E9
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -4.58, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 23.10, 258.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0269 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.068 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1537, 52.4287, 84.6575)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC4E9 #E9C19C

analogous

#9CE9E8 #9CC4E9 #9C9EE9

triadic

#9CC4E9 #E99CC4 #C4E99C

tetradic

#9CC4E9 #E89CE9 #E9C19C #9EE99C

square

#9CC4E9 #E89CE9 #E9C19C #9EE99C

split-complementary

#9CC4E9 #E99C9E #E9E89C

monochromatic

#3888D3 #6AA6DE #9CC4E9 #CEE2F4 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9CC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#9CC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC4E9

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC4E9	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.068 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f0',
    500: '#9cc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc4e9;
$custom-light: #bbd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.831,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80434,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC4E9

secondary

#C49365

accent

#6F1ACB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC4E9

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

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