#9DC4E5#9DC4E5

#9DC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.063 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E5
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -5.28, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 21.26, 255.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0273 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.063 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7831, 52.3030, 81.6913)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E5 #E5BE9D

analogous

#9DE5E2 #9DC4E5 #9DA0E5

triadic

#9DC4E5 #E59DC4 #C4E59D

tetradic

#9DC4E5 #E29DE5 #E5BE9D #A0E59D

square

#9DC4E5 #E29DE5 #E5BE9D #A0E59D

split-complementary

#9DC4E5 #E59DA0 #E5E29D

monochromatic

#3C8ACB #6DA7D8 #9DC4E5 #CDE1F2 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9DC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9DC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E5

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E5	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.063 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ed',
    500: '#9dc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e5;
$custom-light: #bbd5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80346,
    "c": 0.06276,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E5

secondary

#BF8F67

accent

#6C20C6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E5

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

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