#9DC4FA#9DC4FA

#9DC4FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.088 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC4FA
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -0.00, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 30.74, 270.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0203 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.088 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8945, 53.5475, 98.0779)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC4FA #FAD39D

analogous

#9DF2FA #9DC4FA #A59DFA

triadic

#9DC4FA #FA9DC4 #C4FA9D

tetradic

#9DC4FA #FA9DF2 #FAD39D #9DFAA5

square

#9DC4FA #FA9DF2 #FAD39D #9DFAA5

split-complementary

#9DC4FA #FAA59D #F2FA9D

monochromatic

#297EF4 #63A1F7 #9DC4FA #D7E7FD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DC4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#9DC4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC4FA

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC4FA	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ED0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.088 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5fc',
    500: '#9dc4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc4fa;
$custom-light: #bcd5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC4FA

secondary

#DBA860

accent

#8500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC4FA

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

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