#9FD5EA#9FD5EA

#9FD5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.063 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FD5EA
RGB	rgb(159, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(197, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -12.42, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 20.19, 232.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0453 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.063 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9388, 60.8972, 86.7909)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FD5EA #EAB49F

analogous

#9FEADA #9FD5EA #9FB0EA

triadic

#9FD5EA #EA9FD5 #D5EA9F

tetradic

#9FD5EA #DA9FEA #EAB49F #B0EA9F

square

#9FD5EA #DA9FEA #EAB49F #B0EA9F

split-complementary

#9FD5EA #EA9FB0 #EADA9F

monochromatic

#3BA9D4 #6DBFDF #9FD5EA #D1EBF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9FD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#9FD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FD5EA

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FD5EA	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.063 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde2f0',
    500: '#9fd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fd5ea;
$custom-light: #bde2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84273,
    "c": 0.06283,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FD5EA

secondary

#C58268

accent

#4C1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FD5EA

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

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