#9CD5EF#9CD5EF

#9CD5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.069 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5EF
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -12.03, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 22.15, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0461 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.069 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0794, 60.8855, 90.5998)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5EF #EFB69C

analogous

#9CEFDF #9CD5EF #9CACEF

triadic

#9CD5EF #EF9CD5 #D5EF9C

tetradic

#9CD5EF #DF9CEF #EFB69C #ACEF9C

square

#9CD5EF #DF9CEF #EFB69C #ACEF9C

split-complementary

#9CD5EF #EF9CAC #EFDF9C

monochromatic

#33A8DE #67BFE6 #9CD5EF #D1EBF8 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9CD5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#9CD5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5EF

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5EF	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.069 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce2f4',
    500: '#9cd5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5ef;
$custom-light: #bce2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5EF

secondary

#CC8463

accent

#4E11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5EF

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

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