#9FCDED#9FCDED

#9FCDED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.066 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCDED
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -7.53, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 21.96, 249.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0341 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.066 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4107, 57.1455, 88.4256)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCDED #EDBF9F

analogous

#9FEDE6 #9FCDED #9FA6ED

triadic

#9FCDED #ED9FCD #CDED9F

tetradic

#9FCDED #E69FED #EDBF9F #A6ED9F

square

#9FCDED #E69FED #EDBF9F #A6ED9F

split-complementary

#9FCDED #ED9FA6 #EDE69F

monochromatic

#3897DA #6BB2E3 #9FCDED #D3E8F7 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9FCDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#9FCDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCDED

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCDED	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.066 238.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82673,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCDED

secondary

#C98F67

accent

#6215D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCDED

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

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