#9DC4EB#9DC4EB

#9DC4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.069 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4EB
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -3.80, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 23.82, 260.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0252 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.069 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6353, 52.6439, 86.1798)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4EB #EBC49D

analogous

#9DEBEB #9DC4EB #9D9DEB

triadic

#9DC4EB #EB9DC4 #C4EB9D

tetradic

#9DC4EB #EB9DEB #EBC49D #9DEB9D

square

#9DC4EB #EB9DEB #EBC49D #9DEB9D

split-complementary

#9DC4EB #EB9D9D #EBEB9D

monochromatic

#3787D6 #6AA5E1 #9DC4EB #D0E3F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9DC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#9DC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4EB

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4EB	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.069 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5f1',
    500: '#9dc4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4eb;
$custom-light: #bcd5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80573,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4EB

secondary

#C79666

accent

#7318CE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4EB

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

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