#9CDBEC#9CDBEC

#9CDBEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.068 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDBEC
RGB	rgb(156, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -15.83, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 21.60, 222.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0546 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.068 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1771, 63.7840, 88.7974)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDBEC #ECAD9C

analogous

#9CECD5 #9CDBEC #9CB3EC

triadic

#9CDBEC #EC9CDB #DBEC9C

tetradic

#9CDBEC #D59CEC #ECAD9C #B3EC9C

square

#9CDBEC #D59CEC #ECAD9C #B3EC9C

split-complementary

#9CDBEC #EC9CB3 #ECD59C

monochromatic

#35B6D8 #69C8E2 #9CDBEC #CFEEF6 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9CDBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#9CDBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDBEC

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDBEC	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FE2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.068 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce6f2',
    500: '#9cdbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdbec;
$custom-light: #bce6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85466,
    "c": 0.06786,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDBEC

secondary

#C87964

accent

#3D16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDBEC

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

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