#9CD5EE#9CD5EE

#9CD5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.068 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5EE
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -12.28, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 21.88, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0465 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.068 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9321, 60.8266, 89.8239)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5EE #EEB59C

analogous

#9CEEDE #9CD5EE #9CACEE

triadic

#9CD5EE #EE9CD5 #D5EE9C

tetradic

#9CD5EE #DE9CEE #EEB59C #ACEE9C

square

#9CD5EE #DE9CEE #EEB59C #ACEE9C

split-complementary

#9CD5EE #EE9CAC #EEDE9C

monochromatic

#34A9DC #68BFE5 #9CD5EE #D0EBF7 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#9CD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#9CD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5EE

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5EE	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.068 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f3',
    500: '#9cd5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5ee;
$custom-light: #bbe2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84242,
    "c": 0.06805,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5EE

secondary

#CB8364

accent

#4D13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5EE

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

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