#9BBADD#9BBADD

#9BBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.061 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBADD
RGB	rgb(155, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -2.44, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 21.09, 263.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.019 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.061 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1238, 47.3051, 75.1985)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBADD #DDBE9B

analogous

#9BDBDD #9BBADD #9D9BDD

triadic

#9BBADD #DD9BBA #BADD9B

tetradic

#9BBADD #DD9BDB #DDBE9B #9BDD9D

square

#9BBADD #DD9BDB #DDBE9B #9BDD9D

split-complementary

#9BBADD #DD9D9B #DBDD9B

monochromatic

#407BBD #6D9ACD #9BBADD #C9DAED #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9BBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#9BBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBADD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBADD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.061 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacee7',
    500: '#9bbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbadd;
$custom-light: #bacee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.818,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.06055,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBADD

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#7729BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBADD

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

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