#9CC5CE#9CC5CE

#9CC5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.045 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5CE
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -11.50, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 14.58, 217.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0381 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.045 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8138, 51.4549, 65.9511)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5CE #CEA59C

analogous

#9CCEBE #9CC5CE #9CACCE

triadic

#9CC5CE #CE9CC5 #C5CE9C

tetradic

#9CC5CE #BE9CCE #CEA59C #ACCE9C

square

#9CC5CE #BE9CCE #CEA59C #ACCE9C

split-complementary

#9CC5CE #CE9CAC #CEBE9C

monochromatic

#4F92A0 #73ADBA #9CC5CE #C5DDE2 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9CC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9CC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5CE

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5CE	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.045 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad6dd',
    500: '#9cc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5ce;
$custom-light: #bad6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.04526,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5CE

secondary

#A3756B

accent

#4E39AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5CE

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

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