#9CCAEE#9CCAEE

#9CCAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.070 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCAEE
RGB	rgb(156, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -6.53, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 23.54, 253.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0327 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.07 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2586, 55.4795, 88.9328)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCAEE #EEC09C

analogous

#9CEEE9 #9CCAEE #9CA1EE

triadic

#9CCAEE #EE9CCA #CAEE9C

tetradic

#9CCAEE #E99CEE #EEC09C #A1EE9C

square

#9CCAEE #E99CEE #EEC09C #A1EE9C

split-complementary

#9CCAEE #EE9CA1 #EEE99C

monochromatic

#3492DC #68AEE5 #9CCAEE #D0E6F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9CCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#9CCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCAEE

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCAEE	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.070 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf3',
    500: '#9ccaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccaee;
$custom-light: #bbdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.341,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81894,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCAEE

secondary

#CB9164

accent

#6713D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCAEE

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

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