#9FC9EF#9FC9EF

#9FC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.070 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC9EF
RGB	rgb(159, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -4.92, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 23.74, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0283 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.07 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7599, 55.3738, 89.6582)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC9EF #EFC59F

analogous

#9FEFED #9FC9EF #9FA1EF

triadic

#9FC9EF #EF9FC9 #C9EF9F

tetradic

#9FC9EF #ED9FEF #EFC59F #A1EF9F

square

#9FC9EF #ED9FEF #EFC59F #A1EF9F

split-complementary

#9FC9EF #EF9FA1 #EFED9F

monochromatic

#368EDE #6BABE6 #9FC9EF #D3E7F8 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9FC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#9FC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC9EF

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC9EF	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.070 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd9f4',
    500: '#9fc9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc9ef;
$custom-light: #bdd9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81902,
    "c": 0.06989,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC9EF

secondary

#CC9766

accent

#6E12D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC9EF

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

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