#9BBADE#9BBADE

#9BBADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.062 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBADE
RGB	rgb(155, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -2.19, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 21.55, 264.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0187 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.062 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2574, 47.3585, 75.9023)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBADE #DEBF9B

analogous

#9BDCDE #9BBADE #9E9BDE

triadic

#9BBADE #DE9BBA #BADE9B

tetradic

#9BBADE #DE9BDC #DEBF9B #9BDE9E

square

#9BBADE #DE9BDC #DEBF9B #9BDE9E

split-complementary

#9BBADE #DE9E9B #DCDE9B

monochromatic

#3F7BBF #6D9ACF #9BBADE #C9DAED #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9BBADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#9BBADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBADE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBADE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.062 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacee8',
    500: '#9bbade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbade;
$custom-light: #bacee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.239,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77841,
    "c": 0.06176,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBADE

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#7828BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBADE

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

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