#9FC8EA#9FC8EA

#9FC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.065 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC8EA
RGB	rgb(159, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -5.62, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 21.94, 255.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0288 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.065 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7991, 54.6177, 85.7443)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC8EA #EAC19F

analogous

#9FEAE7 #9FC8EA #9FA3EA

triadic

#9FC8EA #EA9FC8 #C8EA9F

tetradic

#9FC8EA #E79FEA #EAC19F #A3EA9F

square

#9FC8EA #E79FEA #EAC19F #A3EA9F

split-complementary

#9FC8EA #EA9FA3 #EAE79F

monochromatic

#3B8ED4 #6DABDF #9FC8EA #D1E5F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9FC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#9FC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC8EA

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC8EA	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.065 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd8f0',
    500: '#9fc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc8ea;
$custom-light: #bdd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.06496,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC8EA

secondary

#C59268

accent

#6A1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC8EA

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

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