#9CD3EB#9CD3EB

#9CD3EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.066 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3EB
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -11.97, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 21.19, 235.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0451 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.066 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9951, 59.6518, 87.3554)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3EB #EBB49C

analogous

#9CEBDC #9CD3EB #9CACEB

triadic

#9CD3EB #EB9CD3 #D3EB9C

tetradic

#9CD3EB #DC9CEB #EBB49C #ACEB9C

square

#9CD3EB #DC9CEB #EBB49C #ACEB9C

split-complementary

#9CD3EB #EB9CAC #EBDC9C

monochromatic

#36A6D6 #69BCE1 #9CD3EB #CFEAF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#9CD3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3EB

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3EB	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.066 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f1',
    500: '#9cd3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3eb;
$custom-light: #bbe0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83705,
    "c": 0.0658,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3EB

secondary

#C78265

accent

#4F17CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3EB

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

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