#9DC4E2#9DC4E2

#9DC4E2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.060 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E2
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -6.01, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 20.05, 252.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0284 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.06 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3679, 52.1369, 79.5044)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E2 #E2BB9D

analogous

#9DE2DE #9DC4E2 #9DA1E2

triadic

#9DC4E2 #E29DC4 #C4E29D

tetradic

#9DC4E2 #DE9DE2 #E2BB9D #A1E29D

square

#9DC4E2 #DE9DE2 #E2BB9D #A1E29D

split-complementary

#9DC4E2 #E29DA1 #E2DE9D

monochromatic

#3F8BC6 #6EA8D4 #9DC4E2 #CCE0F0 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9DC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#9DC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E2

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E2	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.060 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5eb',
    500: '#9dc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e2;
$custom-light: #bbd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.05961,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E2

secondary

#BB8C68

accent

#6824C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E2

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

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