#9CC5E8#9CC5E8

#9CC5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.066 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5E8
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -5.36, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 22.39, 256.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0285 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.066 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2375, 52.8244, 83.9827)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5E8 #E8BF9C

analogous

#9CE8E5 #9CC5E8 #9C9FE8

triadic

#9CC5E8 #E89CC5 #C5E89C

tetradic

#9CC5E8 #E59CE8 #E8BF9C #9FE89C

square

#9CC5E8 #E59CE8 #E8BF9C #9FE89C

split-complementary

#9CC5E8 #E89C9F #E8E59C

monochromatic

#398BD1 #6AA8DC #9CC5E8 #CEE2F4 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9CC5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#9CC5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5E8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5E8	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.066 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6ef',
    500: '#9cc5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5e8;
$custom-light: #bbd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.632,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.06619,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5E8

secondary

#C39065

accent

#6C1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5E8

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

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