#9CD8FC#9CD8FC

#9CD8FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.079 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8FC
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 252)
HSL	hsl(203, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -10.35, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 25.80, 246.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0451 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.079 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8310, 63.2046, 101.3344)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8FC #FCC09C

analogous

#9CFCF0 #9CD8FC #9CA8FC

triadic

#9CD8FC #FC9CD8 #D8FC9C

tetradic

#9CD8FC #F09CFC #FCC09C #A8FC9C

square

#9CD8FC #F09CFC #FCC09C #A8FC9C

split-complementary

#9CD8FC #FC9CA8 #FCF09C

monochromatic

#25A9F8 #61C1FA #9CD8FC #D7EFFE #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CD8FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#9CD8FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8FC

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8FC	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACCFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79E2E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.079 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4fd',
    500: '#9cd8fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8fc;
$custom-light: #bce4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85394,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8FC

secondary

#DE8E5E

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8FC

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

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