#9CD8FF#9CD8FF

#9CD8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.082 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD8FF
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(204, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -9.59, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 26.84, 249.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0441 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.082 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3102, 63.3963, 103.8579)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD8FF #FFC39C

analogous

#9CFFF4 #9CD8FF #9CA6FF

triadic

#9CD8FF #FF9CD8 #D8FF9C

tetradic

#9CD8FF #F49CFF #FFC39C #A6FF9C

square

#9CD8FF #F49CFF #FFC39C #A6FF9C

split-complementary

#9CD8FF #FF9CA6 #FFF49C

monochromatic

#22A8FF #5FC0FF #9CD8FF #D9F0FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9CD8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#9CD8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD8FF

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD8FF	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77E2E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.082 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4ff',
    500: '#9cd8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd8ff;
$custom-light: #bce4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85507,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD8FF

secondary

#E2915D

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD8FF

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

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