#9FC0E6#9FC0E6

#9FC0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.065 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC0E6
RGB	rgb(159, 192, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(212, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -2.33, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 22.63, 264.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0198 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.065 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4264, 50.7814, 82.1505)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC0E6 #E6C59F

analogous

#9FE4E6 #9FC0E6 #A29FE6

triadic

#9FC0E6 #E69FC0 #C0E69F

tetradic

#9FC0E6 #E69FE4 #E6C59F #9FE6A2

square

#9FC0E6 #E69FE4 #E6C59F #9FE6A2

split-complementary

#9FC0E6 #E6A29F #E4E69F

monochromatic

#3E80CD #6EA0D9 #9FC0E6 #D0E0F3 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9FC0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9FC0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC0E6

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC0E6	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 192, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.065 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd2ee',
    500: '#9fc0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc0e6;
$custom-light: #bdd2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79669,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC0E6

secondary

#C09869

accent

#791FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC0E6

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

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