#9FC4E1#9FC4E1

#9FC4E1 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.057 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E1
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 29%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -5.67, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 19.30, 252.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0268 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.057 242)
XYZ	xyz(47.6245, 52.2850, 78.8023)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E1 #E1BC9F

analogous

#9FE1DD #9FC4E1 #9FA3E1

triadic

#9FC4E1 #E19FC4 #C4E19F

tetradic

#9FC4E1 #DD9FE1 #E1BC9F #A3E19F

square

#9FC4E1 #DD9FE1 #E1BC9F #A3E19F

split-complementary

#9FC4E1 #E19FA3 #E1DD9F

monochromatic

#428BC4 #70A7D2 #9FC4E1 #CEE1F0 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9FC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9FC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E1

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E1	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.057 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5ea',
    500: '#9fc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e1;
$custom-light: #bdd5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80326,
    "c": 0.05717,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.52287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E1

secondary

#BA8D6A

accent

#6926C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E1

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

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