#9DCEFF#9DCEFF

#9DCEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.086 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCEFF
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -4.07, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 29.34, 262.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.031 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.086 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0201, 58.5277, 103.0389)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCEFF #FFCE9D

analogous

#9DFFFF #9DCEFF #9D9DFF

triadic

#9DCEFF #FF9DCE #CEFF9D

tetradic

#9DCEFF #FF9DFF #FFCE9D #9DFF9D

square

#9DCEFF #FF9DFF #FFCE9D #9DFF9D

split-complementary

#9DCEFF #FF9D9D #FFFF9D

monochromatic

#2391FF #60AFFF #9DCEFF #DAEDFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#9DCEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#9DCEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCEFF

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCEFF	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.086 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcff',
    500: '#9dceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dceff;
$custom-light: #bddcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83454,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCEFF

secondary

#E3A05E

accent

#7300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCEFF

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

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