#9CC9FA#9CC9FA

#9CC9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.084 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC9FA
RGB	rgb(156, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -2.95, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 28.95, 264.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0274 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.084 251)
XYZ	xyz(51.8468, 55.7406, 98.4510)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC9FA #FACD9C

analogous

#9CF8FA #9CC9FA #9E9CFA

triadic

#9CC9FA #FA9CC9 #C9FA9C

tetradic

#9CC9FA #FA9CF8 #FACD9C #9CFA9E

square

#9CC9FA #FA9CF8 #FACD9C #9CFA9E

split-complementary

#9CC9FA #FA9E9C #F8FA9C

monochromatic

#2789F4 #62A9F7 #9CC9FA #D6E9FD #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9CC9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#9CC9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC9FA

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC9FA	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC1F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.084 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd9fc',
    500: '#9cc9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc9fa;
$custom-light: #bcd9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.277,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82149,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.55743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC9FA

secondary

#DBA05F

accent

#7800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC9FA

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

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