#9CD5FD#9CD5FD

#9CD5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.081 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5FD
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(205, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(205, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -8.53, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 26.73, 251.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0411 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.081 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2283, 61.7451, 101.9173)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5FD #FDC49C

analogous

#9CFDF4 #9CD5FD #9CA4FD

triadic

#9CD5FD #FD9CD5 #D5FD9C

tetradic

#9CD5FD #F49CFD #FDC49C #A4FD9C

square

#9CD5FD #F49CFD #FDC49C #A4FD9C

split-complementary

#9CD5FD #FD9CA4 #FDF49C

monochromatic

#24A2FB #60BCFC #9CD5FD #D8EEFE #E1F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#9CD5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#9CD5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5FD

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5FD	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79DFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.081 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce1fe',
    500: '#9cd5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5fd;
$custom-light: #bce1fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 96.04,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84794,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5FD

secondary

#DF935E

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5FD

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

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