#9DC4E4#9DC4E4

#9DC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.062 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E4
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -5.52, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 20.85, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0277 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.062 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6439, 52.2473, 80.9581)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E4 #E4BD9D

analogous

#9DE4E0 #9DC4E4 #9DA0E4

triadic

#9DC4E4 #E49DC4 #C4E49D

tetradic

#9DC4E4 #E09DE4 #E4BD9D #A0E49D

square

#9DC4E4 #E09DE4 #E4BD9D #A0E49D

split-complementary

#9DC4E4 #E49DA0 #E4E09D

monochromatic

#3D8ACA #6DA7D7 #9DC4E4 #CDE1F1 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9DC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#9DC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E4

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E4	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.062 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ec',
    500: '#9dc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e4;
$custom-light: #bbd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.042,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80309,
    "c": 0.0617,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E4

secondary

#BE8E67

accent

#6B21C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E4

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

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