#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
RGBrgb(156, 200, 221)
HSLhsl(199, 49%, 74%)
HSVhsv(199, 29%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(29.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.22, -9.60, -15.14)
CIE-LCHlch(78.22, 17.93, 237.62°)
OKLaboklab(80.85% -0.0363 -0.0414)
OKLCHoklch(80.85% 0.055 228.7)
XYZxyz(47.4117, 53.5948, 76.2393)
Luminance0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##9CC8DD1.001.7911.7211.72
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7221.001.001.00
##00000011.7221.001.001.00

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

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#9CC8DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva