#9CD3EA#9CD3EA

#9CD3EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.065 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3EA
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -12.22, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 20.93, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0455 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.065 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8510, 59.5942, 86.5967)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3EA #EAB39C

analogous

#9CEADA #9CD3EA #9CACEA

triadic

#9CD3EA #EA9CD3 #D3EA9C

tetradic

#9CD3EA #DA9CEA #EAB39C #ACEA9C

square

#9CD3EA #DA9CEA #EAB39C #ACEA9C

split-complementary

#9CD3EA #EA9CAC #EADA9C

monochromatic

#37A6D5 #6ABDDF #9CD3EA #CEE9F5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9CD3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#9CD3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3EA

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3EA	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.065 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f0',
    500: '#9cd3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3ea;
$custom-light: #bbe0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8367,
    "c": 0.06509,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3EA

secondary

#C58165

accent

#4E19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3EA

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

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