#9CD9EE#9CD9EE

#9CD9EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.068 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9EE
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(195, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -14.33, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 21.84, 228.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0514 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.068 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9506, 62.8636, 90.1635)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9EE #EEB19C

analogous

#9CEEDA #9CD9EE #9CB0EE

triadic

#9CD9EE #EE9CD9 #D9EE9C

tetradic

#9CD9EE #DA9CEE #EEB19C #B0EE9C

square

#9CD9EE #DA9CEE #EEB19C #B0EE9C

split-complementary

#9CD9EE #EE9CB0 #EEDA9C

monochromatic

#34B1DC #68C5E5 #9CD9EE #D0EDF7 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#9CD9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#9CD9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9EE

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9EE	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FE0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.068 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4f3',
    500: '#9cd9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9ee;
$custom-light: #bce4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.366,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85103,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9EE

secondary

#CB7E64

accent

#4413D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9EE

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

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