#9CDCEF#9CDCEF

#9CDCEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.070 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCEF
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -15.62, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 22.17, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0547 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.07 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8783, 64.4832, 91.1994)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCEF #EFAF9C

analogous

#9CEFD9 #9CDCEF #9CB2EF

triadic

#9CDCEF #EF9CDC #DCEF9C

tetradic

#9CDCEF #D99CEF #EFAF9C #B2EF9C

square

#9CDCEF #D99CEF #EFAF9C #B2EF9C

split-complementary

#9CDCEF #EF9CB2 #EFD99C

monochromatic

#33B7DE #67C9E6 #9CDCEF #D1EFF8 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9CDCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#9CDCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCEF

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCEF	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EE3E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.070 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce7f4',
    500: '#9cdcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcef;
$custom-light: #bce7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.735,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCEF

secondary

#CC7B63

accent

#3E11D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCEF

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

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