#9CDEF8#9CDEF8

#9CDEF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.075 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDEF8
RGB	rgb(156, 222, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(197, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -14.44, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 24.07, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0538 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.075 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7691, 66.0844, 98.5530)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDEF8 #F8B69C

analogous

#9CF8E4 #9CDEF8 #9CB0F8

triadic

#9CDEF8 #F89CDE #DEF89C

tetradic

#9CDEF8 #E49CF8 #F8B69C #B0F89C

square

#9CDEF8 #E49CF8 #F8B69C #B0F89C

split-complementary

#9CDEF8 #F89CB0 #F8E49C

monochromatic

#2AB8F0 #63CBF4 #9CDEF8 #D5F1FC #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9CDEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#9CDEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDEF8

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDEF8	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDBF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AE6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 222, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.075 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce8fa',
    500: '#9cdef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdef8;
$custom-light: #bce8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86531,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDEF8

secondary

#D88260

accent

#4202E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDEF8

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

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