#9DC5FA#9DC5FA

#9DC5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.087 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC5FA
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -0.54, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 30.34, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0215 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.087 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1208, 54.0001, 98.1534)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC5FA #FAD29D

analogous

#9DF3FA #9DC5FA #A49DFA

triadic

#9DC5FA #FA9DC5 #C5FA9D

tetradic

#9DC5FA #FA9DF3 #FAD29D #9DFAA4

square

#9DC5FA #FA9DF3 #FAD29D #9DFAA4

split-complementary

#9DC5FA #FAA49D #F3FA9D

monochromatic

#2980F4 #63A3F7 #9DC5FA #D7E7FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9DC5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#9DC5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC5FA

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC5FA	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ED1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.087 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6fc',
    500: '#9dc5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc5fa;
$custom-light: #bcd6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.194,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81375,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC5FA

secondary

#DBA660

accent

#8300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC5FA

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

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