#9CC5FA#9CC5FA

#9CC5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.087 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC5FA
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -0.81, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 30.44, 268.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0225 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.087 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9264, 53.8999, 98.1443)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC5FA #FAD19C

analogous

#9CF4FA #9CC5FA #A29CFA

triadic

#9CC5FA #FA9CC5 #C5FA9C

tetradic

#9CC5FA #FA9CF4 #FAD19C #9CFAA2

square

#9CC5FA #FA9CF4 #FAD19C #9CFAA2

split-complementary

#9CC5FA #FAA29C #F4FA9C

monochromatic

#2781F4 #62A3F7 #9CC5FA #D6E7FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9CC5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#9CC5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC5FA

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC5FA	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.087 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6fc',
    500: '#9cc5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc5fa;
$custom-light: #bcd6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.83,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81314,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC5FA

secondary

#DBA55F

accent

#8100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC5FA

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

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