#9CCDEC#9CCDEC

#9CCDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.067 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCDEC
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -8.60, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 22.16, 247.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0372 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.067 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6771, 56.7841, 87.6308)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCDEC #ECBB9C

analogous

#9CECE3 #9CCDEC #9CA5EC

triadic

#9CCDEC #EC9CCD #CDEC9C

tetradic

#9CCDEC #E39CEC #ECBB9C #A5EC9C

square

#9CCDEC #E39CEC #ECBB9C #A5EC9C

split-complementary

#9CCDEC #EC9CA5 #ECE39C

monochromatic

#3599D8 #69B3E2 #9CCDEC #CFE7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#9CCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCDEC

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCDEC	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.067 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf2',
    500: '#9ccdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccdec;
$custom-light: #bbdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82457,
    "c": 0.0673,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCDEC

secondary

#C88B64

accent

#5E16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCDEC

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

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