#9CD4EB#9CD4EB

#9CD4EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.066 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4EB
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -12.49, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 21.15, 233.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0463 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.066 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2443, 60.1502, 87.4385)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4EB #EBB39C

analogous

#9CEBDB #9CD4EB #9CADEB

triadic

#9CD4EB #EB9CD4 #D4EB9C

tetradic

#9CD4EB #DB9CEB #EBB39C #ADEB9C

square

#9CD4EB #DB9CEB #EBB39C #ADEB9C

split-complementary

#9CD4EB #EB9CAD #EBDB9C

monochromatic

#36A8D6 #69BEE1 #9CD4EB #CFEAF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9CD4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#9CD4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4EB

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4EB	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.066 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1f1',
    500: '#9cd4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4eb;
$custom-light: #bbe1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8392,
    "c": 0.06585,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4EB

secondary

#C78165

accent

#4D17CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4EB

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

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