#9CD4E4#9CD4E4

#9CD4E4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.062 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E4
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(193, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -14.17, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 19.69, 223.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.049 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.062 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2528, 59.7537, 82.2168)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E4 #E4AC9C

analogous

#9CE4D0 #9CD4E4 #9CB0E4

triadic

#9CD4E4 #E49CD4 #D4E49C

tetradic

#9CD4E4 #D09CE4 #E4AC9C #B0E49C

square

#9CD4E4 #D09CE4 #E4AC9C #B0E49C

split-complementary

#9CD4E4 #E49CB0 #E4D09C

monochromatic

#3CAACA #6CBFD7 #9CD4E4 #CCE9F1 #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#9CD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E4

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E4	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.062 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1ec',
    500: '#9cd4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e4;
$custom-light: #bbe1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83678,
    "c": 0.06161,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E4

secondary

#BE7A67

accent

#4521C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E4

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

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