#9FD8EA#9FD8EA

#9FD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.063 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FD8EA
RGB	rgb(159, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -13.96, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 20.27, 226.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.049 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.063 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7004, 62.4204, 87.0447)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FD8EA #EAB19F

analogous

#9FEAD7 #9FD8EA #9FB3EA

triadic

#9FD8EA #EA9FD8 #D8EA9F

tetradic

#9FD8EA #D79FEA #EAB19F #B3EA9F

square

#9FD8EA #D79FEA #EAB19F #B3EA9F

split-complementary

#9FD8EA #EA9FB3 #EAD79F

monochromatic

#3BAFD4 #6DC4DF #9FD8EA #D1ECF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9FD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#9FD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FD8EA

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FD8EA	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.063 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde4f0',
    500: '#9fd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fd8ea;
$custom-light: #bde4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84918,
    "c": 0.0634,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FD8EA

secondary

#C57E68

accent

#441ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FD8EA

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

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