#9DC5F3#9DC5F3

#9DC5F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.078 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC5F3
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 243)
HSL	hsl(212, 78%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -2.33, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 27.08, 265.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0238 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.078 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0435, 53.5692, 92.4797)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC5F3 #F3CB9D

analogous

#9DF0F3 #9DC5F3 #A09DF3

triadic

#9DC5F3 #F39DC5 #C5F39D

tetradic

#9DC5F3 #F39DF0 #F3CB9D #9DF3A0

square

#9DC5F3 #F39DF0 #F3CB9D #9DF3A0

split-complementary

#9DC5F3 #F3A09D #F0F39D

monochromatic

#3084E6 #66A5EC #9DC5F3 #D4E5FA #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DC5F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#9DC5F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC5F3

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC5F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC5F3	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)

#B4C6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc5f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.078 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6f7',
    500: '#9dc5f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc5f3;
$custom-light: #bcd6f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc5f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81094,
    "c": 0.07818,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC5F3

secondary

#D19E63

accent

#7A0BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC5F3

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

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