#9CCAE3#9CCAE3

#9CCAE3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.060 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCAE3
RGB	rgb(156, 202, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -9.22, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 19.57, 241.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0367 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.06 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6916, 54.8527, 80.6802)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCAE3 #E3B59C

analogous

#9CE3D9 #9CCAE3 #9CA6E3

triadic

#9CCAE3 #E39CCA #CAE39C

tetradic

#9CCAE3 #D99CE3 #E3B59C #A6E39C

square

#9CCAE3 #D99CE3 #E3B59C #A6E39C

split-complementary

#9CCAE3 #E39CA6 #E3D99C

monochromatic

#3D97C8 #6CB0D6 #9CCAE3 #CCE4F0 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9CCAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#9CCAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCAE3

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCAE3	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.060 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaeb',
    500: '#9ccae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccae3;
$custom-light: #bbdaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.05984,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCAE3

secondary

#BC8567

accent

#5B22C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCAE3

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

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