#9CDDEA#9CDDEA

#9CDDEA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.068 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDDEA
RGB	rgb(156, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(190, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -17.32, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 21.61, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0579 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.068 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4130, 64.7182, 87.4507)
Luminance	0.6472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDDEA #EAA99C

analogous

#9CEAD0 #9CDDEA #9CB6EA

triadic

#9CDDEA #EA9CDD #DDEA9C

tetradic

#9CDDEA #D09CEA #EAA99C #B6EA9C

square

#9CDDEA #D09CEA #EAA99C #B6EA9C

split-complementary

#9CDDEA #EA9CB6 #EAD09C

monochromatic

#37BAD5 #6ACCDF #9CDDEA #CEEEF5 #E6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9CDDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#9CDDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDDEA

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDDEA	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.068 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce7f0',
    500: '#9cddea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cddea;
$custom-light: #bce7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85832,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDDEA

secondary

#C57565

accent

#3719CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121616

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDDEA

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

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