#9CD6EC#9CD6EC

#9CD6EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.067 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6EC
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -13.28, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 21.37, 231.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0485 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.067 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8922, 61.2143, 88.3692)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6EC #ECB29C

analogous

#9CECDA #9CD6EC #9CAEEC

triadic

#9CD6EC #EC9CD6 #D6EC9C

tetradic

#9CD6EC #DA9CEC #ECB29C #AEEC9C

square

#9CD6EC #DA9CEC #ECB29C #AEEC9C

split-complementary

#9CD6EC #EC9CAE #ECDA9C

monochromatic

#35ABD8 #69C1E2 #9CD6EC #CFEBF6 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9CD6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#9CD6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6EC

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6EC	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.067 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f2',
    500: '#9cd6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6ec;
$custom-light: #bbe2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84386,
    "c": 0.06673,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6EC

secondary

#C88064

accent

#4916D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6EC

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

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