#9CC6FF#9CC6FF

#9CC6FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.093 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC6FF
RGB	rgb(156, 198, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -0.04, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 32.41, 269.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0221 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.093 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9487, 54.6733, 102.4041)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC6FF #FFD59C

analogous

#9CF8FF #9CC6FF #A39CFF

triadic

#9CC6FF #FF9CC6 #C6FF9C

tetradic

#9CC6FF #FF9CF8 #FFD59C #9CFFA3

square

#9CC6FF #FF9CF8 #FFD59C #9CFFA3

split-complementary

#9CC6FF #FFA39C #F8FF9C

monochromatic

#2280FF #5FA3FF #9CC6FF #D9E9FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9CC6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#9CC6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC6FF

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC6FF	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AD2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 198, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.093 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7ff',
    500: '#9cc6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc6ff;
$custom-light: #bcd7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC6FF

secondary

#E2AA5D

accent

#8400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC6FF

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

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