#9CD8EA#9CD8EA

#9CD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.066 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8EA
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(194, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -14.79, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 21.03, 225.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0517 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.066 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1125, 62.1173, 87.0172)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8EA #EAAE9C

analogous

#9CEAD5 #9CD8EA #9CB1EA

triadic

#9CD8EA #EA9CD8 #D8EA9C

tetradic

#9CD8EA #D59CEA #EAAE9C #B1EA9C

square

#9CD8EA #D59CEA #EAAE9C #B1EA9C

split-complementary

#9CD8EA #EA9CB1 #EAD59C

monochromatic

#37B0D5 #6AC4DF #9CD8EA #CEECF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#9CD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8EA

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8EA	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.066 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4f0',
    500: '#9cd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ea;
$custom-light: #bbe4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84748,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8EA

secondary

#C57B65

accent

#4219CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8EA

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

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