#9DC4E1#9DC4E1

#9DC4E1 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.059 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E1
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -6.25, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 19.66, 251.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0287 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.059 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2310, 52.0821, 78.7838)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E1 #E1BA9D

analogous

#9DE1DC #9DC4E1 #9DA2E1

triadic

#9DC4E1 #E19DC4 #C4E19D

tetradic

#9DC4E1 #DC9DE1 #E1BA9D #A2E19D

square

#9DC4E1 #DC9DE1 #E1BA9D #A2E19D

split-complementary

#9DC4E1 #E19DA2 #E1DC9D

monochromatic

#3F8CC4 #6EA8D3 #9DC4E1 #CCE0EF #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9DC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#9DC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E1

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E1	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.059 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ea',
    500: '#9dc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e1;
$custom-light: #bbd5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80199,
    "c": 0.05858,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E1

secondary

#BA8B68

accent

#6725C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E1

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

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