#9CD4EC#9CD4EC

#9CD4EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.067 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD4EC
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -12.25, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 21.41, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.046 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.067 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3892, 60.2082, 88.2015)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD4EC #ECB49C

analogous

#9CECDC #9CD4EC #9CACEC

triadic

#9CD4EC #EC9CD4 #D4EC9C

tetradic

#9CD4EC #DC9CEC #ECB49C #ACEC9C

square

#9CD4EC #DC9CEC #ECB49C #ACEC9C

split-complementary

#9CD4EC #EC9CAC #ECDC9C

monochromatic

#35A7D8 #69BEE2 #9CD4EC #CFEAF6 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9CD4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#9CD4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD4EC

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD4EC	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.067 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe1f2',
    500: '#9cd4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd4ec;
$custom-light: #bbe1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.06656,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD4EC

secondary

#C88264

accent

#4E16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD4EC

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

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