#9CD1EA#9CD1EA

#9CD1EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.065 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD1EA
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(199, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -11.18, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 21.03, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.043 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.065 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3573, 58.6067, 86.4321)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD1EA #EAB59C

analogous

#9CEADC #9CD1EA #9CAAEA

triadic

#9CD1EA #EA9CD1 #D1EA9C

tetradic

#9CD1EA #DC9CEA #EAB59C #AAEA9C

square

#9CD1EA #DC9CEA #EAB59C #AAEA9C

split-complementary

#9CD1EA #EA9CAA #EADC9C

monochromatic

#37A2D5 #6ABADF #9CD1EA #CEE8F5 #E6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#9CD1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#9CD1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD1EA

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD1EA	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.065 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdff0',
    500: '#9cd1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd1ea;
$custom-light: #bbdff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8324,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD1EA

secondary

#C58465

accent

#5219CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD1EA

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

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