#9DC4EA#9DC4EA

#9DC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.068 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4EA
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -4.05, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 23.38, 260.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0256 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.068 248)
XYZ	xyz(48.4913, 52.5862, 85.4211)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4EA #EAC39D

analogous

#9DEAE9 #9DC4EA #9D9EEA

triadic

#9DC4EA #EA9DC4 #C4EA9D

tetradic

#9DC4EA #E99DEA #EAC39D #9EEA9D

square

#9DC4EA #E99DEA #EAC39D #9EEA9D

split-complementary

#9DC4EA #EA9D9E #EAE99D

monochromatic

#3887D4 #6BA6DF #9DC4EA #CFE2F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9DC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#9DC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4EA

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4EA	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.068 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5f0',
    500: '#9dc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4ea;
$custom-light: #bcd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.61,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80535,
    "c": 0.06831,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.52588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4EA

secondary

#C59566

accent

#7219CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4EA

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

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