#9CD6EA#9CD6EA

#9CD6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.065 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6EA
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -13.76, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 20.93, 228.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0492 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.065 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6033, 61.0987, 86.8474)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6EA #EAB09C

analogous

#9CEAD7 #9CD6EA #9CAFEA

triadic

#9CD6EA #EA9CD6 #D6EA9C

tetradic

#9CD6EA #D79CEA #EAB09C #AFEA9C

square

#9CD6EA #D79CEA #EAB09C #AFEA9C

split-complementary

#9CD6EA #EA9CAF #EAD79C

monochromatic

#37ACD5 #6AC1DF #9CD6EA #CEEBF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9CD6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#9CD6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6EA

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6EA	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.065 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f0',
    500: '#9cd6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6ea;
$custom-light: #bbe2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84316,
    "c": 0.06547,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6EA

secondary

#C57E65

accent

#4719CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6EA

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

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