#9CD3EF#9CD3EF

#9CD3EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.069 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD3EF
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(200, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -11.00, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 22.32, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0436 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.069 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5795, 59.8856, 90.4332)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD3EF #EFB89C

analogous

#9CEFE2 #9CD3EF #9CA9EF

triadic

#9CD3EF #EF9CD3 #D3EF9C

tetradic

#9CD3EF #E29CEF #EFB89C #A9EF9C

square

#9CD3EF #E29CEF #EFB89C #A9EF9C

split-complementary

#9CD3EF #EF9CA9 #EFE29C

monochromatic

#33A4DE #67BCE6 #9CD3EF #D1EAF8 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#9CD3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD3EF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD3EF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.069 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f4',
    500: '#9cd3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd3ef;
$custom-light: #bbe0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.241,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83848,
    "c": 0.06889,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD3EF

secondary

#CC8763

accent

#5311D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD3EF

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

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