#9CD9EF#9CD9EF

#9CD9EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.069 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9EF
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -14.09, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 22.05, 230.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.051 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.069 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0980, 62.9226, 90.9393)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9EF #EFB29C

analogous

#9CEFDC #9CD9EF #9CAFEF

triadic

#9CD9EF #EF9CD9 #D9EF9C

tetradic

#9CD9EF #DC9CEF #EFB29C #AFEF9C

square

#9CD9EF #DC9CEF #EFB29C #AFEF9C

split-complementary

#9CD9EF #EF9CAF #EFDC9C

monochromatic

#33B1DE #67C5E6 #9CD9EF #D1EDF8 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#9CD9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#9CD9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9EF

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9EF	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.069 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4f4',
    500: '#9cd9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9ef;
$custom-light: #bce4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85137,
    "c": 0.06906,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9EF

secondary

#CC7F63

accent

#4511D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9EF

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

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