#9DC6EA#9DC6EA

#9DC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.067 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6EA
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -5.12, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 22.79, 257.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0281 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.067 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9454, 53.4945, 85.5724)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6EA #EAC19D

analogous

#9DEAE8 #9DC6EA #9DA0EA

triadic

#9DC6EA #EA9DC6 #C6EA9D

tetradic

#9DC6EA #E89DEA #EAC19D #A0EA9D

square

#9DC6EA #E89DEA #EAC19D #A0EA9D

split-complementary

#9DC6EA #EA9DA0 #EAE89D

monochromatic

#388BD4 #6BA9DF #9DC6EA #CFE3F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9DC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#9DC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6EA

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6EA	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)

#B8C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.067 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7f0',
    500: '#9dc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6ea;
$custom-light: #bcd7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.052,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80957,
    "c": 0.06723,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6EA

secondary

#C59366

accent

#6D19CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6EA

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

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