#9CCCDD#9CCCDD

#9CCCDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.056 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCCDD
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -11.69, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 17.86, 229.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0415 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.056 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3502, 55.4718, 76.5521)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCCDD #DDAD9C

analogous

#9CDDCE #9CCCDD #9CACDD

triadic

#9CCCDD #DD9CCC #CCDD9C

tetradic

#9CCCDD #CE9CDD #DDAD9C #ACDD9C

square

#9CCCDD #CE9CDD #DDAD9C #ACDD9C

split-complementary

#9CCCDD #DD9CAC #DDCE9C

monochromatic

#419DBE #6EB5CD #9CCCDD #CAE3ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9CCCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#9CCCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCCDD

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCCDD	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.056 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdbe7',
    500: '#9cccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cccdd;
$custom-light: #bbdbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.05552,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCCDD

secondary

#B57C68

accent

#5029BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCCDD

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

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