#9CD6FF#9CD6FF

#9CD6FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.083 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD6FF
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -8.55, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 27.26, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0417 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.083 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8009, 62.3778, 103.6882)
Luminance	0.6238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD6FF #FFC59C

analogous

#9CFFF6 #9CD6FF #9CA4FF

triadic

#9CD6FF #FF9CD6 #D6FF9C

tetradic

#9CD6FF #F69CFF #FFC59C #A4FF9C

square

#9CD6FF #F69CFF #FFC59C #A4FF9C

split-complementary

#9CD6FF #FF9CA4 #FFF69C

monochromatic

#22A3FF #5FBDFF #9CD6FF #D9EFFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#9CD6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD6FF

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD6FF	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78E0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.083 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce2ff',
    500: '#9cd6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd6ff;
$custom-light: #bce2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85082,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD6FF

secondary

#E2945D

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD6FF

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

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