#9CD9FC#9CD9FC

#9CD9FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.079 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9FC
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 252)
HSL	hsl(202, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(202, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -10.87, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 25.64, 244.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0463 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.079 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0880, 63.7186, 101.4201)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9FC #FCBF9C

analogous

#9CFCEF #9CD9FC #9CA9FC

triadic

#9CD9FC #FC9CD9 #D9FC9C

tetradic

#9CD9FC #EF9CFC #FCBF9C #A9FC9C

square

#9CD9FC #EF9CFC #FCBF9C #A9FC9C

split-complementary

#9CD9FC #FC9CA9 #FCEF9C

monochromatic

#25ABF8 #61C2FA #9CD9FC #D7F0FE #E1F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9CD9FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#9CD9FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9FC

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9FC	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCCFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79E2E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.079 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4fd',
    500: '#9cd9fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9fc;
$custom-light: #bce4fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85607,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9FC

secondary

#DE8D5E

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9FC

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

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