#9DC5EA#9DC5EA

#9DC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.068 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC5EA
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -4.59, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 23.08, 258.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0268 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.068 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7176, 53.0388, 85.4965)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC5EA #EAC29D

analogous

#9DEAE9 #9DC5EA #9D9FEA

triadic

#9DC5EA #EA9DC5 #C5EA9D

tetradic

#9DC5EA #E99DEA #EAC29D #9FEA9D

square

#9DC5EA #E99DEA #EAC29D #9FEA9D

split-complementary

#9DC5EA #EA9D9F #EAE99D

monochromatic

#3889D4 #6BA7DF #9DC5EA #CFE3F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9DC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#9DC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC5EA

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC5EA	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.068 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6f0',
    500: '#9dc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc5ea;
$custom-light: #bcd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.831,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80746,
    "c": 0.06775,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC5EA

secondary

#C59466

accent

#6F19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC5EA

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

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