#9CD4E8#9CD4E8

#9CD4E8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.064 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4E8
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -13.21, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 20.46, 229.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0475 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.064 222)
XYZ	xyz(51.8145, 59.9783, 85.1751)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4E8 #E8B09C

analogous

#9CE8D6 #9CD4E8 #9CAEE8

triadic

#9CD4E8 #E89CD4 #D4E89C

tetradic

#9CD4E8 #D69CE8 #E8B09C #AEE89C

square

#9CD4E8 #D69CE8 #E8B09C #AEE89C

split-complementary

#9CD4E8 #E89CAE #E8D69C

monochromatic

#39A9D1 #6ABEDC #9CD4E8 #CEEAF4 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9CD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#9CD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4E8

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4E8	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.064 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1ef',
    500: '#9cd4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4e8;
$custom-light: #bbe1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.06388,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.59981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4E8

secondary

#C37E65

accent

#491BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4E8

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

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