#9CC5EF#9CC5EF

#9CC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.074 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5EF
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -3.61, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 25.40, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0261 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.074 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2517, 53.2300, 89.3239)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5EF #EFC69C

analogous

#9CEFEF #9CC5EF #9C9CEF

triadic

#9CC5EF #EF9CC5 #C5EF9C

tetradic

#9CC5EF #EF9CEF #EFC69C #9CEF9C

square

#9CC5EF #EF9CEF #EFC69C #9CEF9C

split-complementary

#9CC5EF #EF9C9C #EFEF9C

monochromatic

#3387DE #67A6E6 #9CC5EF #D1E4F8 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9CC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#9CC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5EF

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5EF	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.074 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6f4',
    500: '#9cc5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5ef;
$custom-light: #bbd6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.361,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80876,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5EF

secondary

#CC9863

accent

#7411D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5EF

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

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