#9CD0EC#9CD0EC

#9CD0EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.067 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD0EC
RGB	rgb(156, 208, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(201, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -10.17, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 21.72, 242.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.041 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.067 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4016, 58.2331, 87.8723)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD0EC #ECB89C

analogous

#9CECE0 #9CD0EC #9CA8EC

triadic

#9CD0EC #EC9CD0 #D0EC9C

tetradic

#9CD0EC #E09CEC #ECB89C #A8EC9C

square

#9CD0EC #E09CEC #ECB89C #A8EC9C

split-complementary

#9CD0EC #EC9CA8 #ECE09C

monochromatic

#359FD8 #69B8E2 #9CD0EC #CFE8F6 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#9CD0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#9CD0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD0EC

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD0EC	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 208, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.067 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdef2',
    500: '#9cd0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd0ec;
$custom-light: #bbdef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83098,
    "c": 0.06673,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD0EC

secondary

#C88764

accent

#5716D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD0EC

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

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