#9FC4E9#9FC4E9

#9FC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.066 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4E9
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -3.74, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 22.66, 260.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.024 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.066 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7415, 52.7318, 84.6851)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4E9 #E9C49F

analogous

#9FE9E9 #9FC4E9 #9F9FE9

triadic

#9FC4E9 #E99FC4 #C4E99F

tetradic

#9FC4E9 #E99FE9 #E9C49F #9FE99F

square

#9FC4E9 #E99FE9 #E9C49F #9FE99F

split-complementary

#9FC4E9 #E99F9F #E9E99F

monochromatic

#3B87D2 #6DA5DE #9FC4E9 #D1E3F4 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9FC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#9FC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4E9

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4E9	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.066 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5f0',
    500: '#9fc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4e9;
$custom-light: #bdd5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80623,
    "c": 0.06592,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4E9

secondary

#C49668

accent

#731BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4E9

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

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