#9CD6EE#9CD6EE

#9CD6EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.068 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6EE
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -12.79, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 21.85, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0477 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.068 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1844, 61.3312, 89.9080)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6EE #EEB49C

analogous

#9CEEDD #9CD6EE #9CADEE

triadic

#9CD6EE #EE9CD6 #D6EE9C

tetradic

#9CD6EE #DD9CEE #EEB49C #ADEE9C

square

#9CD6EE #DD9CEE #EEB49C #ADEE9C

split-complementary

#9CD6EE #EE9CAD #EEDD9C

monochromatic

#34ABDC #68C0E5 #9CD6EE #D0ECF7 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#9CD6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#9CD6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6EE

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6EE	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.068 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce2f3',
    500: '#9cd6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6ee;
$custom-light: #bce2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84456,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6EE

secondary

#CB8264

accent

#4B13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6EE

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

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