#9CDCEC#9CDCEC

#9CDCEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.068 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCEC
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(192, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -16.34, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 21.71, 221.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0559 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.068 215)
XYZ	xyz(54.4387, 64.3074, 88.8847)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCEC #ECAC9C

analogous

#9CECD4 #9CDCEC #9CB4EC

triadic

#9CDCEC #EC9CDC #DCEC9C

tetradic

#9CDCEC #D49CEC #ECAC9C #B4EC9C

square

#9CDCEC #D49CEC #ECAC9C #B4EC9C

split-complementary

#9CDCEC #EC9CB4 #ECD49C

monochromatic

#35B8D8 #69CAE2 #9CDCEC #CFEEF6 #E5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9CDCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#9CDCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCEC

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCEC	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FE2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.068 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce7f2',
    500: '#9cdcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcec;
$custom-light: #bce7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85682,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.6431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCEC

secondary

#C87864

accent

#3B16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCEC

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

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