#9CD6EB#9CD6EB

#9CD6EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.066 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6EB
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -13.52, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 21.14, 230.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0488 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.066 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7473, 61.1563, 87.6061)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6EB #EBB19C

analogous

#9CEBD9 #9CD6EB #9CAFEB

triadic

#9CD6EB #EB9CD6 #D6EB9C

tetradic

#9CD6EB #D99CEB #EBB19C #AFEB9C

square

#9CD6EB #D99CEB #EBB19C #AFEB9C

split-complementary

#9CD6EB #EB9CAF #EBD99C

monochromatic

#36ACD6 #69C1E1 #9CD6EB #CFEBF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9CD6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#9CD6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6EB

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6EB	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.066 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f1',
    500: '#9cd6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6eb;
$custom-light: #bbe2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84351,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6EB

secondary

#C77F65

accent

#4817CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6EB

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

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