#9CD4E6#9CD4E6

#9CD4E6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.063 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E6
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -13.69, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 20.05, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0482 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.063 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5321, 59.8654, 83.6874)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E6 #E6AE9C

analogous

#9CE6D3 #9CD4E6 #9CAFE6

triadic

#9CD4E6 #E69CD4 #D4E69C

tetradic

#9CD4E6 #D39CE6 #E6AE9C #AFE69C

square

#9CD4E6 #D39CE6 #E6AE9C #AFE69C

split-complementary

#9CD4E6 #E69CAF #E6D39C

monochromatic

#3AAACD #6BBFDA #9CD4E6 #CDE9F2 #E7F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#9CD4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E6

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E6	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.063 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1ed',
    500: '#9cd4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e6;
$custom-light: #bbe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83746,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E6

secondary

#C07C66

accent

#471EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E6

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

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