#9CD8EE#9CD8EE

#9CD8EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.068 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8EE
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -13.82, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 21.82, 230.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0502 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.068 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6937, 62.3497, 90.0778)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8EE #EEB29C

analogous

#9CEEDB #9CD8EE #9CAFEE

triadic

#9CD8EE #EE9CD8 #D8EE9C

tetradic

#9CD8EE #DB9CEE #EEB29C #AFEE9C

square

#9CD8EE #DB9CEE #EEB29C #AFEE9C

split-complementary

#9CD8EE #EE9CAF #EEDB9C

monochromatic

#34AFDC #68C3E5 #9CD8EE #D0EDF7 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#9CD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8EE

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8EE	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.068 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4f3',
    500: '#9cd8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ee;
$custom-light: #bce4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84887,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8EE

secondary

#CB7F64

accent

#4613D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8EE

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

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