#9FC5CE#9FC5CE

#9FC5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.042 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC5CE
RGB	rgb(159, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -10.59, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 13.69, 219.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0353 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.042 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4017, 51.7580, 65.9787)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC5CE #CEA89F

analogous

#9FCEC0 #9FC5CE #9FAECE

triadic

#9FC5CE #CE9FC5 #C5CE9F

tetradic

#9FC5CE #C09FCE #CEA89F #AECE9F

square

#9FC5CE #C09FCE #CEA89F #AECE9F

split-complementary

#9FC5CE #CE9FAE #CEC09F

monochromatic

#5292A1 #76ADB9 #9FC5CE #C8DDE3 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9FC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#9FC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC5CE

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC5CE	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.042 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6dd',
    500: '#9fc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc5ce;
$custom-light: #bcd6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.0424,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC5CE

secondary

#A3786E

accent

#503AAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC5CE

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

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