#9FC4E3#9FC4E3

#9FC4E3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.059 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E3
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(207, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -5.19, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 20.10, 255.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0261 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.059 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8990, 52.3948, 80.2476)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E3 #E3BE9F

analogous

#9FE3E0 #9FC4E3 #9FA2E3

triadic

#9FC4E3 #E39FC4 #C4E39F

tetradic

#9FC4E3 #E09FE3 #E3BE9F #A2E39F

square

#9FC4E3 #E09FE3 #E3BE9F #A2E39F

split-complementary

#9FC4E3 #E39FA2 #E3E09F

monochromatic

#408AC7 #70A7D5 #9FC4E3 #CEE1F1 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9FC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#9FC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E3

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E3	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.059 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5eb',
    500: '#9fc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e3;
$custom-light: #bdd5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80399,
    "c": 0.05928,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E3

secondary

#BD8F6A

accent

#6C23C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E3

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

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