#9FC9F6#9FC9F6

#9FC9F6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.078 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC9F6
RGB	rgb(159, 201, 246)
HSL	hsl(211, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -3.18, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 26.79, 263.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0259 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.078 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8141, 55.7955, 95.2104)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC9F6 #F6CC9F

analogous

#9FF5F6 #9FC9F6 #A19FF6

triadic

#9FC9F6 #F69FC9 #C9F69F

tetradic

#9FC9F6 #F69FF5 #F6CC9F #9FF6A1

square

#9FC9F6 #F69FF5 #F6CC9F #9FF6A1

split-complementary

#9FC9F6 #F6A19F #F5F69F

monochromatic

#2F8AEC #67AAF1 #9FC9F6 #D7E8FB #E3EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9FC9F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#9FC9F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC9F6

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC9F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC9F6	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc9f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 201, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.078 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed9f9',
    500: '#9fc9f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc9f6;
$custom-light: #bed9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc9f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 82.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC9F6

secondary

#D69F64

accent

#7606DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC9F6

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

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