#9FCAEC#9FCAEC

#9FCAEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.066 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCAEC
RGB	rgb(159, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -6.19, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 22.24, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0306 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.066 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5542, 55.6657, 87.4214)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCAEC #ECC19F

analogous

#9FECE8 #9FCAEC #9FA3EC

triadic

#9FCAEC #EC9FCA #CAEC9F

tetradic

#9FCAEC #E89FEC #ECC19F #A3EC9F

square

#9FCAEC #E89FEC #ECC19F #A3EC9F

split-complementary

#9FCAEC #EC9FA3 #ECE89F

monochromatic

#3992D8 #6CAEE2 #9FCAEC #D2E6F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9FCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#9FCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCAEC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCAEC	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.066 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaf2',
    500: '#9fcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcaec;
$custom-light: #bddaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.494,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82001,
    "c": 0.0662,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCAEC

secondary

#C89267

accent

#6817CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCAEC

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

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