#9FC9F0#9FC9F0

#9FC9F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.071 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC9F0
RGB	rgb(159, 201, 240)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(209, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -4.68, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 24.17, 258.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.028 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.071 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9080, 55.4330, 90.4384)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC9F0 #F0C69F

analogous

#9FF0EE #9FC9F0 #9FA0F0

triadic

#9FC9F0 #F09FC9 #C9F09F

tetradic

#9FC9F0 #EE9FF0 #F0C69F #A0F09F

square

#9FC9F0 #EE9FF0 #F0C69F #A0F09F

split-complementary

#9FC9F0 #F09FA0 #F0EE9F

monochromatic

#358DDF #6AABE8 #9FC9F0 #D4E7F8 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9FC9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#9FC9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC9F0

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC9F0	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 201, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.071 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd9f5',
    500: '#9fc9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc9f0;
$custom-light: #bdd9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8194,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC9F0

secondary

#CD9866

accent

#6F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC9F0

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

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