#9DC5F5#9DC5F5

#9DC5F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.081 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC5F5
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 245)
HSL	hsl(213, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -1.82, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 28.00, 266.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0231 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.081 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3472, 53.6907, 94.0790)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC5F5 #F5CD9D

analogous

#9DF1F5 #9DC5F5 #A19DF5

triadic

#9DC5F5 #F59DC5 #C5F59D

tetradic

#9DC5F5 #F59DF1 #F5CD9D #9DF5A1

square

#9DC5F5 #F59DF1 #F5CD9D #9DF5A1

split-complementary

#9DC5F5 #F5A19D #F1F59D

monochromatic

#2E83EA #65A4EF #9DC5F5 #D5E6FB #E3EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DC5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#9DC5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC5F5

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC5F5	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.081 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6f8',
    500: '#9dc5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc5f5;
$custom-light: #bcd6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81174,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC5F5

secondary

#D4A062

accent

#7C08DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC5F5

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

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