#9DC6FA#9DC6FA

#9DC6FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.086 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6FA
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -1.08, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 29.95, 267.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0228 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.086 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3486, 54.4558, 98.2293)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6FA #FAD19D

analogous

#9DF5FA #9DC6FA #A29DFA

triadic

#9DC6FA #FA9DC6 #C6FA9D

tetradic

#9DC6FA #FA9DF5 #FAD19D #9DFAA2

square

#9DC6FA #FA9DF5 #FAD19D #9DFAA2

split-complementary

#9DC6FA #FAA29D #F5FA9D

monochromatic

#2982F4 #63A4F7 #9DC6FA #D7E8FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9DC6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#9DC6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6FA

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6FA	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ED1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.086 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd7fc',
    500: '#9dc6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6fa;
$custom-light: #bcd7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.548,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81583,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6FA

secondary

#DBA560

accent

#8000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6FA

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

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