#9CC5EA#9CC5EA

#9CC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.068 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5EA
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -4.86, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 23.23, 257.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0278 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.068 246)
XYZ	xyz(48.5232, 52.9386, 85.4874)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5EA #EAC19C

analogous

#9CEAE8 #9CC5EA #9C9EEA

triadic

#9CC5EA #EA9CC5 #C5EA9C

tetradic

#9CC5EA #E89CEA #EAC19C #9EEA9C

square

#9CC5EA #E89CEA #EAC19C #9EEA9C

split-complementary

#9CC5EA #EA9C9E #EAE89C

monochromatic

#378AD5 #6AA7DF #9CC5EA #CEE3F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9CC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#9CC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5EA

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5EA	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.068 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6f0',
    500: '#9cc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5ea;
$custom-light: #bbd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.06838,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.52941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5EA

secondary

#C59365

accent

#6E19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5EA

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

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