#9FC5FA#9FC5FA

#9FC5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.086 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC5FA
RGB	rgb(159, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -0.01, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 30.15, 269.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0196 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.086 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5143, 54.2030, 98.1718)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC5FA #FAD49F

analogous

#9FF3FA #9FC5FA #A69FFA

triadic

#9FC5FA #FA9FC5 #C5FA9F

tetradic

#9FC5FA #FA9FF3 #FAD49F #9FFAA6

square

#9FC5FA #FA9FF3 #FAD49F #9FFAA6

split-complementary

#9FC5FA #FAA69F #F3FA9F

monochromatic

#2B7FF4 #65A2F7 #9FC5FA #D9E8FD #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9FC5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#9FC5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC5FA

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC5FA	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.086 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed6fc',
    500: '#9fc5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc5fa;
$custom-light: #bed6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.945,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81499,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC5FA

secondary

#DBA962

accent

#8600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC5FA

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

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