#9CD4E5#9CD4E5

#9CD4E5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.062 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E5
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(194, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -13.93, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 19.86, 225.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0486 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.062 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3920, 59.8093, 82.9500)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E5 #E5AD9C

analogous

#9CE5D2 #9CD4E5 #9CAFE5

triadic

#9CD4E5 #E59CD4 #D4E59C

tetradic

#9CD4E5 #D29CE5 #E5AD9C #AFE59C

square

#9CD4E5 #D29CE5 #E5AD9C #AFE59C

split-complementary

#9CD4E5 #E59CAF #E5D29C

monochromatic

#3BAACC #6CBFD8 #9CD4E5 #CCE9F2 #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#9CD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E5

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E5	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.062 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1ed',
    500: '#9cd4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e5;
$custom-light: #bbe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83712,
    "c": 0.06213,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E5

secondary

#BF7B66

accent

#461FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E5

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

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