#9CD5EA#9CD5EA

#9CD5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.065 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5EA
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -13.25, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 20.91, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.048 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.065 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3510, 60.5941, 86.7633)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5EA #EAB19C

analogous

#9CEAD8 #9CD5EA #9CAEEA

triadic

#9CD5EA #EA9CD5 #D5EA9C

tetradic

#9CD5EA #D89CEA #EAB19C #AEEA9C

square

#9CD5EA #D89CEA #EAB19C #AEEA9C

split-complementary

#9CD5EA #EA9CAE #EAD89C

monochromatic

#37AAD5 #6AC0DF #9CD5EA #CEEAF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#9CD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5EA

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5EA	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.065 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f0',
    500: '#9cd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5ea;
$custom-light: #bbe2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.0653,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5EA

secondary

#C57F65

accent

#4919CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5EA

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

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