#9DC6FD#9DC6FD

#9DC6FD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.090 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6FD
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -0.30, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 31.37, 269.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0218 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.09 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8227, 54.6454, 100.7265)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6FD #FDD49D

analogous

#9DF6FD #9DC6FD #A49DFD

triadic

#9DC6FD #FD9DC6 #C6FD9D

tetradic

#9DC6FD #FD9DF6 #FDD49D #9DFDA4

square

#9DC6FD #FD9DF6 #FDD49D #9DFDA4

split-complementary

#9DC6FD #FDA49D #F6FD9D

monochromatic

#2580FB #61A3FC #9DC6FD #D9E9FE #E1EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9DC6FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#9DC6FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6FD

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6FD	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.090 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd7fe',
    500: '#9dc6fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6fd;
$custom-light: #bdd7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.375,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6FD

secondary

#E0A85F

accent

#8300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6FD

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

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