#9DC5F2#9DC5F2

#9DC5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.077 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC5F2
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 242)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -2.59, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 26.62, 264.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0241 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.077 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8929, 53.5090, 91.6865)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC5F2 #F2CA9D

analogous

#9DEFF2 #9DC5F2 #9F9DF2

triadic

#9DC5F2 #F29DC5 #C5F29D

tetradic

#9DC5F2 #F29DEF #F2CA9D #9DF29F

square

#9DC5F2 #F29DEF #F2CA9D #9DF29F

split-complementary

#9DC5F2 #F29F9D #EFF29D

monochromatic

#3185E4 #67A5EB #9DC5F2 #D3E5F9 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DC5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#9DC5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC5F2

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC5F2	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.077 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6f6',
    500: '#9dc5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc5f2;
$custom-light: #bcd6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81055,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC5F2

secondary

#D09D63

accent

#790DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC5F2

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

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