#9CDFFF#9CDFFF

#9CDFFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.081 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDFFF
RGB	rgb(156, 223, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(199, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -13.20, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 25.83, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0525 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.081 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1418, 67.0597, 104.4685)
Luminance	0.6706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDFFF #FFBC9C

analogous

#9CFFED #9CDFFF #9CADFF

triadic

#9CDFFF #FF9CDF #DFFF9C

tetradic

#9CDFFF #ED9CFF #FFBC9C #ADFF9C

square

#9CDFFF #ED9CFF #FFBC9C #ADFF9C

split-complementary

#9CDFFF #FF9CAD #FFED9C

monochromatic

#22B7FF #5FCBFF #9CDFFF #D9F3FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#9CDFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#9CDFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDFFF

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDFFF	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0D1FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76E8E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdfff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 223, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.081 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde9ff',
    500: '#9cdfff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdfff;
$custom-light: #bde9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdfff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86998,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDFFF

secondary

#E2885D

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121618

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDFFF

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

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