#9CD5EB#9CD5EB

#9CD5EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.066 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5EB
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -13.01, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 21.14, 232.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0476 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.066 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4950, 60.6517, 87.5220)
Luminance	0.6066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5EB #EBB29C

analogous

#9CEBDA #9CD5EB #9CAEEB

triadic

#9CD5EB #EB9CD5 #D5EB9C

tetradic

#9CD5EB #DA9CEB #EBB29C #AEEB9C

square

#9CD5EB #DA9CEB #EBB29C #AEEB9C

split-complementary

#9CD5EB #EB9CAE #EBDA9C

monochromatic

#36AAD6 #69BFE1 #9CD5EB #CFEBF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#9CD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5EB

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5EB	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.066 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f1',
    500: '#9cd5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5eb;
$custom-light: #bbe2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84136,
    "c": 0.06595,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5EB

secondary

#C78065

accent

#4A17CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5EB

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

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