#9DCAEF#9DCAEF

#9DCAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.071 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCAEF
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -6.00, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 23.78, 255.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0315 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.071 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6002, 55.6386, 89.7178)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCAEF #EFC29D

analogous

#9DEFEB #9DCAEF #9DA1EF

triadic

#9DCAEF #EF9DCA #CAEF9D

tetradic

#9DCAEF #EB9DEF #EFC29D #A1EF9D

square

#9DCAEF #EB9DEF #EFC29D #A1EF9D

split-complementary

#9DCAEF #EF9DA1 #EFEB9D

monochromatic

#3491DE #68AEE6 #9DCAEF #D2E6F8 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9DCAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#9DCAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCAEF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCAEF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.071 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaf4',
    500: '#9dcaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcaef;
$custom-light: #bcdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.073,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81992,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCAEF

secondary

#CC9364

accent

#6912D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCAEF

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

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