#9FC5EA#9FC5EA

#9FC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.066 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC5EA
RGB	rgb(159, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -4.03, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 22.79, 259.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0249 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.066 248)
XYZ	xyz(49.1111, 53.2417, 85.5150)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC5EA #EAC49F

analogous

#9FEAEA #9FC5EA #9FA0EA

triadic

#9FC5EA #EA9FC5 #C5EA9F

tetradic

#9FC5EA #EA9FEA #EAC49F #A0EA9F

square

#9FC5EA #EA9FEA #EAC49F #A0EA9F

split-complementary

#9FC5EA #EA9FA0 #EAEA9F

monochromatic

#3B88D4 #6DA7DF #9FC5EA #D1E3F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9FC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#9FC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC5EA

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC5EA	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.066 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd6f0',
    500: '#9fc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc5ea;
$custom-light: #bdd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80871,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.53244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC5EA

secondary

#C59668

accent

#721ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC5EA

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

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