#9CD6FE#9CD6FE

#9CD6FE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.082 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6FE
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 254)
HSL	hsl(204, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -8.80, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 26.89, 250.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.042 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.082 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6403, 62.3135, 102.8426)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6FE #FEC49C

analogous

#9CFEF5 #9CD6FE #9CA5FE

triadic

#9CD6FE #FE9CD6 #D6FE9C

tetradic

#9CD6FE #F59CFE #FEC49C #A5FE9C

square

#9CD6FE #F59CFE #FEC49C #A5FE9C

split-complementary

#9CD6FE #FE9CA5 #FEF59C

monochromatic

#23A4FD #5FBDFD #9CD6FE #D9EFFF #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD6FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#9CD6FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6FE

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6FE	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78E0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.082 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce2fe',
    500: '#9cd6fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6fe;
$custom-light: #bce2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 98,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85044,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6FE

secondary

#E1935D

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6FE

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

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