#9CD9FA#9CD9FA

#9CD9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.077 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9FA
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 250)
HSL	hsl(201, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -11.37, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 25.00, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.047 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.077 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7727, 63.5925, 99.7597)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9FA #FABD9C

analogous

#9CFAEC #9CD9FA #9CAAFA

triadic

#9CD9FA #FA9CD9 #D9FA9C

tetradic

#9CD9FA #EC9CFA #FABD9C #AAFA9C

square

#9CD9FA #EC9CFA #FABD9C #AAFA9C

split-complementary

#9CD9FA #FA9CAA #FAEC9C

monochromatic

#27ACF4 #62C3F7 #9CD9FA #D6EFFD #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9CD9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#9CD9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9FA

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9FA	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCCFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AE2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.077 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4fc',
    500: '#9cd9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9fa;
$custom-light: #bce4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.064,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85533,
    "c": 0.07726,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9FA

secondary

#DB8B5F

accent

#5100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9FA

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

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