#9CC8DD#9CC8DD

#9CC8DD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.055 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC8DD
RGB	rgb(156, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -9.60, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 17.93, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0363 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.055 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4117, 53.5948, 76.2393)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC8DD #DDB19C

analogous

#9CDDD2 #9CC8DD #9CA8DD

triadic

#9CC8DD #DD9CC8 #C8DD9C

tetradic

#9CC8DD #D29CDD #DDB19C #A8DD9C

square

#9CC8DD #D29CDD #DDB19C #A8DD9C

split-complementary

#9CC8DD #DD9CA8 #DDD29C

monochromatic

#4195BE #6EAFCD #9CC8DD #CAE1ED #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9CC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#9CC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC8DD

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC8DD	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.055 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad8e7',
    500: '#9cc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc8dd;
$custom-light: #bad8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.05506,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC8DD

secondary

#B58168

accent

#5929BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC8DD

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

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