#9DD4E4#9DD4E4

#9DD4E4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.061 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DD4E4
RGB	rgb(157, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(194, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -13.89, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 19.42, 224.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0481 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.061 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4472, 59.8539, 82.2259)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DD4E4 #E4AD9D

analogous

#9DE4D0 #9DD4E4 #9DB0E4

triadic

#9DD4E4 #E49DD4 #D4E49D

tetradic

#9DD4E4 #D09DE4 #E4AD9D #B0E49D

square

#9DD4E4 #D09DE4 #E4AD9D #B0E49D

split-complementary

#9DD4E4 #E49DB0 #E4D09D

monochromatic

#3DAACA #6DBFD7 #9DD4E4 #CDE9F1 #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9DD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#9DD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DD4E4

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DD4E4	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dd4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.061 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce1ec',
    500: '#9dd4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dd4e4;
$custom-light: #bce1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dd4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83735,
    "c": 0.06074,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DD4E4

secondary

#BE7B67

accent

#4621C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DD4E4

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

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