#9CCEDE#9CCEDE

#9CCEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.057 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCEDE
RGB	rgb(156, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -12.49, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 18.16, 226.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0437 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.057 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9623, 56.4821, 77.4154)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCEDE #DEAC9C

analogous

#9CDECD #9CCEDE #9CADDE

triadic

#9CCEDE #DE9CCE #CEDE9C

tetradic

#9CCEDE #CD9CDE #DEAC9C #ADDE9C

square

#9CCEDE #CD9CDE #DEAC9C #ADDE9C

split-complementary

#9CCEDE #DE9CAD #DECD9C

monochromatic

#40A1BF #6EB7CF #9CCEDE #CAE5ED #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9CCEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#9CCEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCEDE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCEDE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.057 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdde8',
    500: '#9ccede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccede;
$custom-light: #bbdde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82176,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCEDE

secondary

#B67B68

accent

#4C28BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCEDE

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

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