#9CD3EC#9CD3EC

#9CD3EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.067 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3EC
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -11.73, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 21.46, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0447 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.067 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1400, 59.7098, 88.1184)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3EC #ECB59C

analogous

#9CECDD #9CD3EC #9CABEC

triadic

#9CD3EC #EC9CD3 #D3EC9C

tetradic

#9CD3EC #DD9CEC #ECB59C #ABEC9C

square

#9CD3EC #DD9CEC #ECB59C #ABEC9C

split-complementary

#9CD3EC #EC9CAB #ECDD9C

monochromatic

#35A5D8 #69BCE2 #9CD3EC #CFEAF6 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#9CD3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3EC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3EC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.067 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f2',
    500: '#9cd3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3ec;
$custom-light: #bbe0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83741,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3EC

secondary

#C88364

accent

#5016D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3EC

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

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