#9CD4E1#9CD4E1

#9CD4E1 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.060 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E1
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(191, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -14.88, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 19.24, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0501 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.06 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8400, 59.5885, 80.0425)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E1 #E1A99C

analogous

#9CE1CB #9CD4E1 #9CB2E1

triadic

#9CD4E1 #E19CD4 #D4E19C

tetradic

#9CD4E1 #CB9CE1 #E1A99C #B2E19C

square

#9CD4E1 #CB9CE1 #E1A99C #B2E19C

split-complementary

#9CD4E1 #E19CB2 #E1CB9C

monochromatic

#3EABC5 #6DC0D3 #9CD4E1 #CBE8EF #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9CD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#9CD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E1

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E1	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)

#CAD0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.060 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1ea',
    500: '#9cd4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e1;
$custom-light: #bbe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83576,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E1

secondary

#BA7767

accent

#4225C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E1

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

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