#9CCDEE#9CCDEE

#9CCDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.069 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCDEE
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -8.11, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 22.87, 249.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0365 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.069 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9693, 56.9010, 89.1697)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCDEE #EEBD9C

analogous

#9CEEE6 #9CCDEE #9CA4EE

triadic

#9CCDEE #EE9CCD #CDEE9C

tetradic

#9CCDEE #E69CEE #EEBD9C #A4EE9C

square

#9CCDEE #E69CEE #EEBD9C #A4EE9C

split-complementary

#9CCDEE #EE9CA4 #EEE69C

monochromatic

#3498DC #68B3E5 #9CCDEE #D0E7F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CCDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#9CCDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCDEE

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCDEE	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.069 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf3',
    500: '#9ccdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccdee;
$custom-light: #bbdcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.146,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82531,
    "c": 0.0692,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCDEE

secondary

#CB8D64

accent

#6013D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCDEE

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

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