#9CD8EF#9CD8EF

#9CD8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.069 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8EF
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -13.58, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 22.05, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0498 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.069 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8410, 62.4086, 90.8537)
Luminance	0.6241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8EF #EFB39C

analogous

#9CEFDD #9CD8EF #9CAEEF

triadic

#9CD8EF #EF9CD8 #D8EF9C

tetradic

#9CD8EF #DD9CEF #EFB39C #AEEF9C

square

#9CD8EF #DD9CEF #EFB39C #AEEF9C

split-complementary

#9CD8EF #EF9CAE #EFDD9C

monochromatic

#33AEDE #67C3E6 #9CD8EF #D1EDF8 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9CD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#9CD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8EF

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8EF	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)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.069 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4f4',
    500: '#9cd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ef;
$custom-light: #bce4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84922,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8EF

secondary

#CC8063

accent

#4711D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8EF

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

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