#9CD3EE#9CD3EE

#9CD3EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.068 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3EE
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(200, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -11.24, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 22.02, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.044 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.068 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4322, 59.8267, 89.6573)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3EE #EEB79C

analogous

#9CEEE0 #9CD3EE #9CAAEE

triadic

#9CD3EE #EE9CD3 #D3EE9C

tetradic

#9CD3EE #E09CEE #EEB79C #AAEE9C

square

#9CD3EE #E09CEE #EEB79C #AAEE9C

split-complementary

#9CD3EE #EE9CAA #EEE09C

monochromatic

#34A5DC #68BCE5 #9CD3EE #D0EAF7 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#9CD3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3EE

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3EE	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.068 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f3',
    500: '#9cd3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3ee;
$custom-light: #bbe0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83812,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3EE

secondary

#CB8664

accent

#5213D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3EE

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

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