#9CDCF8#9CDCF8

#9CDCF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.075 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDCF8
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -13.42, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 24.15, 236.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0514 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.075 227)
XYZ	xyz(56.2411, 65.0283, 98.3769)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDCF8 #F8B89C

analogous

#9CF8E6 #9CDCF8 #9CAEF8

triadic

#9CDCF8 #F89CDC #DCF89C

tetradic

#9CDCF8 #E69CF8 #F8B89C #AEF89C

square

#9CDCF8 #E69CF8 #F8B89C #AEF89C

split-complementary

#9CDCF8 #F89CAE #F8E69C

monochromatic

#2AB4F0 #63C8F4 #9CDCF8 #D5F0FC #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#9CDCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#9CDCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDCF8

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDCF8	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD9FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AE4E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdcf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.075 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce6fa',
    500: '#9cdcf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdcf8;
$custom-light: #bce6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdcf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86102,
    "c": 0.07541,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.65032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDCF8

secondary

#D88560

accent

#4702E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDCF8

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

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