#9CD8EB#9CD8EB

#9CD8EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.066 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8EB
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -14.54, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 21.21, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0513 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.066 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2566, 62.1749, 87.7759)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8EB #EBAF9C

analogous

#9CEBD7 #9CD8EB #9CB1EB

triadic

#9CD8EB #EB9CD8 #D8EB9C

tetradic

#9CD8EB #D79CEB #EBAF9C #B1EB9C

square

#9CD8EB #D79CEB #EBAF9C #B1EB9C

split-complementary

#9CD8EB #EB9CB1 #EBD79C

monochromatic

#36B0D6 #69C4E1 #9CD8EB #CFECF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#9CD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8EB

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8EB	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.066 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4f1',
    500: '#9cd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8eb;
$custom-light: #bbe4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84783,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8EB

secondary

#C77C65

accent

#4317CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8EB

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

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