#9DCAEC#9DCAEC

#9DCAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.068 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCAEC
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -6.75, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 22.58, 252.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0325 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.068 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1607, 55.4628, 87.4030)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCAEC #ECBF9D

analogous

#9DECE7 #9DCAEC #9DA3EC

triadic

#9DCAEC #EC9DCA #CAEC9D

tetradic

#9DCAEC #E79DEC #ECBF9D #A3EC9D

square

#9DCAEC #E79DEC #ECBF9D #A3EC9D

split-complementary

#9DCAEC #EC9DA3 #ECE79D

monochromatic

#3693D8 #6AAEE2 #9DCAEC #D0E6F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#9DCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCAEC

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCAEC	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.068 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf2',
    500: '#9dcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcaec;
$custom-light: #bcdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.823,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81879,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCAEC

secondary

#C89065

accent

#6616CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCAEC

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

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