#9CD9FF#9CD9FF

#9CD9FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.082 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD9FF
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -10.11, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 26.65, 247.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0453 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.082 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5671, 63.9102, 103.9436)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD9FF #FFC29C

analogous

#9CFFF3 #9CD9FF #9CA7FF

triadic

#9CD9FF #FF9CD9 #D9FF9C

tetradic

#9CD9FF #F39CFF #FFC29C #A7FF9C

square

#9CD9FF #F39CFF #FFC29C #A7FF9C

split-complementary

#9CD9FF #FF9CA7 #FFF39C

monochromatic

#22AAFF #5FC2FF #9CD9FF #D9F0FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#9CD9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#9CD9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD9FF

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD9FF	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77E3E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.082 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce4ff',
    500: '#9cd9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd9ff;
$custom-light: #bce4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.03,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85719,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD9FF

secondary

#E2905D

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD9FF

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

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