#9FD6EA#9FD6EA

#9FD6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.063 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FD6EA
RGB	rgb(159, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -12.94, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 20.20, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0465 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.063 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1911, 61.4018, 86.8750)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FD6EA #EAB39F

analogous

#9FEAD9 #9FD6EA #9FB1EA

triadic

#9FD6EA #EA9FD6 #D6EA9F

tetradic

#9FD6EA #D99FEA #EAB39F #B1EA9F

square

#9FD6EA #D99FEA #EAB39F #B1EA9F

split-complementary

#9FD6EA #EA9FB1 #EAD99F

monochromatic

#3BABD4 #6DC1DF #9FD6EA #D1EBF5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#9FD6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#9FD6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FD6EA

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FD6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FD6EA	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fd6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.063 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde2f0',
    500: '#9fd6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fd6ea;
$custom-light: #bde2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fd6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84488,
    "c": 0.06298,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FD6EA

secondary

#C58168

accent

#491ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FD6EA

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

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