#9CD4E3#9CD4E3

#9CD4E3 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.061 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E3
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(193, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -14.40, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 19.52, 222.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0494 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.061 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1144, 59.6983, 81.4878)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E3 #E3AB9C

analogous

#9CE3CE #9CD4E3 #9CB0E3

triadic

#9CD4E3 #E39CD4 #D4E39C

tetradic

#9CD4E3 #CE9CE3 #E3AB9C #B0E39C

square

#9CD4E3 #CE9CE3 #E3AB9C #B0E39C

split-complementary

#9CD4E3 #E39CB0 #E3CE9C

monochromatic

#3DABC8 #6CBFD6 #9CD4E3 #CCE9F0 #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#9CD4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E3

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E3	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)

#C9D0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.061 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1eb',
    500: '#9cd4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e3;
$custom-light: #bbe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.676,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83644,
    "c": 0.06111,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E3

secondary

#BC7967

accent

#4422C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E3

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

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