#9CD5FF#9CD5FF

#9CD5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.083 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD5FF
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -8.02, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 27.49, 253.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0404 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.083 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5486, 61.8732, 103.6041)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD5FF #FFC69C

analogous

#9CFFF8 #9CD5FF #9CA3FF

triadic

#9CD5FF #FF9CD5 #D5FF9C

tetradic

#9CD5FF #F89CFF #FFC69C #A3FF9C

square

#9CD5FF #F89CFF #FFC69C #A3FF9C

split-complementary

#9CD5FF #FF9CA3 #FFF89C

monochromatic

#22A1FF #5FBBFF #9CD5FF #D9EFFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#9CD5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#9CD5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD5FF

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD5FF	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78DFE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.083 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce1ff',
    500: '#9cd5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd5ff;
$custom-light: #bce1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84871,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD5FF

secondary

#E2955D

accent

#6100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD5FF

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

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