#9FC4E4#9FC4E4

#9FC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.060 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E4
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -4.95, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 20.52, 256.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0257 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.06 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0374, 52.4502, 80.9766)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E4 #E4BF9F

analogous

#9FE4E1 #9FC4E4 #9FA1E4

triadic

#9FC4E4 #E49FC4 #C4E49F

tetradic

#9FC4E4 #E19FE4 #E4BF9F #A1E49F

square

#9FC4E4 #E19FE4 #E4BF9F #A1E49F

split-complementary

#9FC4E4 #E49FA1 #E4E19F

monochromatic

#3F89C9 #6FA7D7 #9FC4E4 #CFE1F1 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9FC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#9FC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E4

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.060 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5ec',
    500: '#9fc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e4;
$custom-light: #bdd5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.06035,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E4

secondary

#BE9169

accent

#6D22C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E4

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