#9CC5EC#9CC5EC

#9CC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.071 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5EC
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(209, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -4.37, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 24.08, 259.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0271 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.071 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8122, 53.0542, 87.0091)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5EC #ECC39C

analogous

#9CECEB #9CC5EC #9C9DEC

triadic

#9CC5EC #EC9CC5 #C5EC9C

tetradic

#9CC5EC #EB9CEC #ECC39C #9DEC9C

square

#9CC5EC #EB9CEC #ECC39C #9DEC9C

split-complementary

#9CC5EC #EC9C9D #ECEB9C

monochromatic

#3589D8 #69A7E2 #9CC5EC #CFE3F6 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9CC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#9CC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5EC

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5EC	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.071 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6f2',
    500: '#9cc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5ec;
$custom-light: #bbd6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.07061,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5EC

secondary

#C89564

accent

#7016D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5EC

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

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