#9CD4EA#9CD4EA

#9CD4EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.065 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4EA
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(197, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -12.73, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 20.91, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0467 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.065 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1002, 60.0926, 86.6797)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4EA #EAB29C

analogous

#9CEAD9 #9CD4EA #9CADEA

triadic

#9CD4EA #EA9CD4 #D4EA9C

tetradic

#9CD4EA #D99CEA #EAB29C #ADEA9C

square

#9CD4EA #D99CEA #EAB29C #ADEA9C

split-complementary

#9CD4EA #EA9CAD #EAD99C

monochromatic

#37A8D5 #6ABEDF #9CD4EA #CEEAF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9CD4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#9CD4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4EA

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4EA	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.065 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1f0',
    500: '#9cd4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4ea;
$custom-light: #bbe1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83885,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4EA

secondary

#C58065

accent

#4B19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4EA

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

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