#9CDEF7#9CDEF7

#9CDEF7 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.075 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDEF7
RGB	rgb(156, 222, 247)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(196, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -14.69, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 23.84, 231.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0542 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.075 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6144, 66.0225, 97.7381)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDEF7 #F7B59C

analogous

#9CF7E3 #9CDEF7 #9CB1F7

triadic

#9CDEF7 #F79CDE #DEF79C

tetradic

#9CDEF7 #E39CF7 #F7B59C #B1F79C

square

#9CDEF7 #E39CF7 #F7B59C #B1F79C

split-complementary

#9CDEF7 #F79CB1 #F7E39C

monochromatic

#2BB8EE #63CBF2 #9CDEF7 #D5F1FC #E3F6FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9CDEF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#9CDEF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDEF7

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDEF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDEF7	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0DAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D0F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AE6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdef7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 222, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.075 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce8f9',
    500: '#9cdef7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdef7;
$custom-light: #bce8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdef7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 85.047,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.07481,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDEF7

secondary

#D78160

accent

#4104E2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDEF7

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

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