#9DC8EA#9DC8EA

#9DC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.066 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC8EA
RGB	rgb(157, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -6.18, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 22.27, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0307 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.066 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4056, 54.4148, 85.7258)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC8EA #EABF9D

analogous

#9DEAE6 #9DC8EA #9DA2EA

triadic

#9DC8EA #EA9DC8 #C8EA9D

tetradic

#9DC8EA #E69DEA #EABF9D #A2EA9D

square

#9DC8EA #E69DEA #EABF9D #A2EA9D

split-complementary

#9DC8EA #EA9DA2 #EAE69D

monochromatic

#388FD4 #6BACDF #9DC8EA #CFE4F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9DC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#9DC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC8EA

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC8EA	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.066 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd8f0',
    500: '#9dc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc8ea;
$custom-light: #bcd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.494,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC8EA

secondary

#C59066

accent

#6819CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC8EA

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

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