#9CC4EA#9CC4EA

#9CC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.069 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC4EA
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -4.33, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 23.53, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0265 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.069 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2969, 52.4860, 85.4120)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC4EA #EAC29C

analogous

#9CEAE9 #9CC4EA #9C9DEA

triadic

#9CC4EA #EA9CC4 #C4EA9C

tetradic

#9CC4EA #E99CEA #EAC29C #9DEA9C

square

#9CC4EA #E99CEA #EAC29C #9DEA9C

split-complementary

#9CC4EA #EA9C9D #EAE99C

monochromatic

#3788D5 #6AA6DF #9CC4EA #CEE2F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9CC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#9CC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC4EA

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC4EA	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.069 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f0',
    500: '#9cc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc4ea;
$custom-light: #bbd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80472,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC4EA

secondary

#C59465

accent

#7019CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC4EA

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

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