#9DC4E7#9DC4E7

#9DC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.065 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4E7
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -4.79, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 22.09, 257.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0266 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.065 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0639, 52.4153, 83.1705)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4E7 #E7C09D

analogous

#9DE7E5 #9DC4E7 #9D9FE7

triadic

#9DC4E7 #E79DC4 #C4E79D

tetradic

#9DC4E7 #E59DE7 #E7C09D #9FE79D

square

#9DC4E7 #E59DE7 #E7C09D #9FE79D

split-complementary

#9DC4E7 #E79D9F #E7E59D

monochromatic

#3B89CF #6CA6DB #9DC4E7 #CEE2F3 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9DC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#9DC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4E7

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4E7	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.065 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5ee',
    500: '#9dc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4e7;
$custom-light: #bbd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.378,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80421,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4E7

secondary

#C19267

accent

#6E1DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4E7

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

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