#9FC4EF#9FC4EF

#9FC4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.073 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC4EF
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(212, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -2.25, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 25.36, 264.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0219 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.073 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6132, 53.0805, 89.2760)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC4EF #EFCA9F

analogous

#9FECEF #9FC4EF #A29FEF

triadic

#9FC4EF #EF9FC4 #C4EF9F

tetradic

#9FC4EF #EF9FEC #EFCA9F #9FEFA2

square

#9FC4EF #EF9FEC #EFCA9F #9FEFA2

split-complementary

#9FC4EF #EFA29F #ECEF9F

monochromatic

#3684DE #6BA4E6 #9FC4EF #D3E4F8 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9FC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#9FC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC4EF

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC4EF	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.073 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd5f4',
    500: '#9fc4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc4ef;
$custom-light: #bdd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80853,
    "c": 0.07297,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC4EF

secondary

#CC9D66

accent

#7A12D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC4EF

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

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