#9FCDEC#9FCDEC

#9FCDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.065 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCDEC
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -7.78, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 21.59, 248.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0344 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.065 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2650, 57.0872, 87.6583)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCDEC #ECBE9F

analogous

#9FECE5 #9FCDEC #9FA6EC

triadic

#9FCDEC #EC9FCD #CDEC9F

tetradic

#9FCDEC #E59FEC #ECBE9F #A6EC9F

square

#9FCDEC #E59FEC #ECBE9F #A6EC9F

split-complementary

#9FCDEC #EC9FA6 #ECE59F

monochromatic

#3998D8 #6CB2E2 #9FCDEC #D2E8F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9FCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#9FCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCDEC

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCDEC	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.065 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcf2',
    500: '#9fcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcdec;
$custom-light: #bddcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82636,
    "c": 0.06513,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCDEC

secondary

#C88E67

accent

#6117CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCDEC

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

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