#9FC4E5#9FC4E5

#9FC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.061 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E5
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -4.71, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 20.94, 256.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0254 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.061 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1766, 52.5059, 81.7098)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E5 #E5C09F

analogous

#9FE5E3 #9FC4E5 #9FA1E5

triadic

#9FC4E5 #E59FC4 #C4E59F

tetradic

#9FC4E5 #E39FE5 #E5C09F #A1E59F

square

#9FC4E5 #E39FE5 #E5C09F #A1E59F

split-complementary

#9FC4E5 #E59FA1 #E5E39F

monochromatic

#3F89CB #6FA6D8 #9FC4E5 #CFE2F2 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9FC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#9FC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E5

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.061 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5ed',
    500: '#9fc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e5;
$custom-light: #bdd5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.286,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.06145,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E5

secondary

#BF9269

accent

#6E21C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E5

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