#9DCAFF#9DCAFF

#9DCAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.089 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCAFF
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 255)
HSL	hsl(212, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -1.94, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 30.75, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0261 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.089 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0694, 56.6263, 102.7220)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCAFF #FFD29D

analogous

#9DFBFF #9DCAFF #A19DFF

triadic

#9DCAFF #FF9DCA #CAFF9D

tetradic

#9DCAFF #FF9DFB #FFD29D #9DFFA1

square

#9DCAFF #FF9DFB #FFD29D #9DFFA1

split-complementary

#9DCAFF #FFA19D #FBFF9D

monochromatic

#2388FF #60A9FF #9DCAFF #DAEBFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9DCAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#9DCAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCAFF

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCAFF	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.089 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaff',
    500: '#9dcaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcaff;
$custom-light: #bddaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.449,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82619,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCAFF

secondary

#E3A65E

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCAFF

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

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