#9FCDEE#9FCDEE

#9FCDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.067 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCDEE
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -7.29, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 22.33, 250.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0337 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.067 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5572, 57.2041, 89.1972)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCDEE #EEC09F

analogous

#9FEEE7 #9FCDEE #9FA5EE

triadic

#9FCDEE #EE9FCD #CDEE9F

tetradic

#9FCDEE #E79FEE #EEC09F #A5EE9F

square

#9FCDEE #E79FEE #EEC09F #A5EE9F

split-complementary

#9FCDEE #EE9FA5 #EEE79F

monochromatic

#3797DC #6BB2E5 #9FCDEE #D3E8F7 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9FCDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#9FCDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCDEE

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCDEE	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.067 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddcf3',
    500: '#9fcdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcdee;
$custom-light: #bddcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.063,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8271,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCDEE

secondary

#CB9066

accent

#6314D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCDEE

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

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