#9FC4E6#9FC4E6

#9FC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.063 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E6
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -4.47, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 21.36, 257.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.025 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.063 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3166, 52.5619, 82.4472)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E6 #E6C19F

analogous

#9FE6E5 #9FC4E6 #9FA1E6

triadic

#9FC4E6 #E69FC4 #C4E69F

tetradic

#9FC4E6 #E59FE6 #E6C19F #A1E69F

square

#9FC4E6 #E59FE6 #E6C19F #A1E69F

split-complementary

#9FC4E6 #E69FA1 #E6E59F

monochromatic

#3E88CD #6EA6D9 #9FC4E6 #D0E2F3 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9FC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#9FC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E6

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E6	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.063 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5ee',
    500: '#9fc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e6;
$custom-light: #bdd5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8051,
    "c": 0.06254,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E6

secondary

#C09369

accent

#6F1FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E6

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

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