#9CD4E2#9CD4E2

#9CD4E2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.061 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E2
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(192, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -14.64, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 19.38, 220.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0497 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.061 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9768, 59.6432, 80.7630)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E2 #E2AA9C

analogous

#9CE2CD #9CD4E2 #9CB1E2

triadic

#9CD4E2 #E29CD4 #D4E29C

tetradic

#9CD4E2 #CD9CE2 #E2AA9C #B1E29C

square

#9CD4E2 #CD9CE2 #E2AA9C #B1E29C

split-complementary

#9CD4E2 #E29CB1 #E2CD9C

monochromatic

#3DABC6 #6DBFD4 #9CD4E2 #CBE9F0 #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#9CD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E2

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E2	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)

#CAD0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.061 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1eb',
    500: '#9cd4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e2;
$custom-light: #bbe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8361,
    "c": 0.06064,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E2

secondary

#BB7867

accent

#4323C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E2

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

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