#9FC4E2#9FC4E2

#9FC4E2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.058 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E2
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -5.44, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 19.70, 253.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0265 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.058 243)
XYZ	xyz(47.7614, 52.3398, 79.5228)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E2 #E2BD9F

analogous

#9FE2DF #9FC4E2 #9FA2E2

triadic

#9FC4E2 #E29FC4 #C4E29F

tetradic

#9FC4E2 #DF9FE2 #E2BD9F #A2E29F

square

#9FC4E2 #DF9FE2 #E2BD9F #A2E29F

split-complementary

#9FC4E2 #E29FA2 #E2DF9F

monochromatic

#418AC6 #70A7D4 #9FC4E2 #CEE1F0 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9FC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#9FC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E2

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E2	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.058 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5eb',
    500: '#9fc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e2;
$custom-light: #bdd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.866,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.05821,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.52342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E2

secondary

#BB8E6A

accent

#6B24C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E2

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

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