#9FE5FA#9FE5FA

#9FE5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.075 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FE5FA
RGB	rgb(159, 229, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -16.72, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 23.93, 225.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.059 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.075 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5668, 70.3081, 100.8560)
Luminance	0.7031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FE5FA #FAB49F

analogous

#9FFAE1 #9FE5FA #9FB7FA

triadic

#9FE5FA #FA9FE5 #E5FA9F

tetradic

#9FE5FA #E19FFA #FAB49F #B7FA9F

square

#9FE5FA #E19FFA #FAB49F #B7FA9F

split-complementary

#9FE5FA #FA9FB7 #FAE19F

monochromatic

#2BC5F4 #65D5F7 #9FE5FA #D9F5FD #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#9FE5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#9FE5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FE5FA

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FE5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FE5FA	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7E1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DEDEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fe5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 229, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.075 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beedfc',
    500: '#9fe5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fe5fa;
$custom-light: #beedfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fe5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88268,
    "c": 0.07538,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FE5FA

secondary

#DB7E62

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FDFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FE5FA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →