#9AB8DC#9AB8DC

#9AB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.061 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB8DC
RGB	rgb(154, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -1.89, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 21.46, 264.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0177 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.061 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3814, 46.3166, 74.3505)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB8DC #DCBE9A

analogous

#9AD9DC #9AB8DC #9D9ADC

triadic

#9AB8DC #DC9AB8 #B8DC9A

tetradic

#9AB8DC #DC9AD9 #DCBE9A #9ADC9D

square

#9AB8DC #DC9AD9 #DCBE9A #9ADC9D

split-complementary

#9AB8DC #DC9D9A #D9DC9A

monochromatic

#4178BB #6D98CC #9AB8DC #C7D8EC #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9AB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#9AB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB8DC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB8DC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.061 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cde7',
    500: '#9ab8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab8dc;
$custom-light: #b9cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 48.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77277,
    "c": 0.0613,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB8DC

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#792ABC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB8DC

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

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