#9DC6FF#9DC6FF

#9DC6FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.092 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC6FF
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, 0.22, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 32.32, 270.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0212 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.092 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1430, 54.7735, 102.4132)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC6FF #FFD69D

analogous

#9DF7FF #9DC6FF #A59DFF

triadic

#9DC6FF #FF9DC6 #C6FF9D

tetradic

#9DC6FF #FF9DF7 #FFD69D #9DFFA5

square

#9DC6FF #FF9DF7 #FFD69D #9DFFA5

split-complementary

#9DC6FF #FFA59D #F7FF9D

monochromatic

#237FFF #60A2FF #9DC6FF #DAEAFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9DC6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#9DC6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC6FF

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC6FF	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.092 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd7ff',
    500: '#9dc6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc6ff;
$custom-light: #bdd7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.898,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC6FF

secondary

#E3AB5E

accent

#8500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC6FF

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

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