#9DC4E6#9DC4E6

#9DC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.064 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E6
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -5.04, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 21.67, 256.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.027 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.064 245)
XYZ	xyz(47.9231, 52.3590, 82.4288)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E6 #E6BF9D

analogous

#9DE6E3 #9DC4E6 #9D9FE6

triadic

#9DC4E6 #E69DC4 #C4E69D

tetradic

#9DC4E6 #E39DE6 #E6BF9D #9FE69D

square

#9DC4E6 #E39DE6 #E6BF9D #9FE69D

split-complementary

#9DC4E6 #E69D9F #E6E39D

monochromatic

#3B89CD #6CA7DA #9DC4E6 #CEE1F2 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9DC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#9DC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E6

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E6	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.064 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ee',
    500: '#9dc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e6;
$custom-light: #bbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.06385,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.52361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E6

secondary

#C09167

accent

#6D1FC7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E6

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

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