#9FC9F9#9FC9F9

#9FC9F9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.081 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC9F9
RGB	rgb(159, 201, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -2.42, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 28.15, 265.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.025 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.081 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2782, 55.9811, 97.6550)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC9F9 #F9CF9F

analogous

#9FF6F9 #9FC9F9 #A29FF9

triadic

#9FC9F9 #F99FC9 #C9F99F

tetradic

#9FC9F9 #F99FF6 #F9CF9F #9FF9A2

square

#9FC9F9 #F99FF6 #F9CF9F #9FF9A2

split-complementary

#9FC9F9 #F9A29F #F6F99F

monochromatic

#2C88F2 #65A9F5 #9FC9F9 #D9E9FD #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9FC9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#9FC9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC9F9

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC9F9	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 201, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.081 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed9fb',
    500: '#9fc9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc9f9;
$custom-light: #bed9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 88.235,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8229,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC9F9

secondary

#DAA262

accent

#7A01E5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC9F9

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

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