#9CDBE8#9CDBE8

#9CDBE8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.066 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDBE8
RGB	rgb(156, 219, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(190, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -16.79, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 21.08, 217.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0562 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.066 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6024, 63.5542, 85.7710)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDBE8 #E8A99C

analogous

#9CE8CF #9CDBE8 #9CB5E8

triadic

#9CDBE8 #E89CDB #DBE89C

tetradic

#9CDBE8 #CF9CE8 #E8A99C #B5E89C

square

#9CDBE8 #CF9CE8 #E8A99C #B5E89C

split-complementary

#9CDBE8 #E89CB5 #E8CF9C

monochromatic

#39B7D1 #6AC9DC #9CDBE8 #CEEDF4 #E6F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9CDBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#9CDBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDBE8

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDBE8	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 219, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.066 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe6ef',
    500: '#9cdbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdbe8;
$custom-light: #bbe6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8533,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDBE8

secondary

#C37565

accent

#391BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDBE8

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

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