#9BBCD4#9BBCD4

#9BBCD4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.050 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCD4
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -5.67, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 16.69, 250.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0249 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.05 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3810, 47.6868, 69.1934)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCD4 #D4B39B

analogous

#9BD4D0 #9BBCD4 #9BA0D4

triadic

#9BBCD4 #D49BBC #BCD49B

tetradic

#9BBCD4 #D09BD4 #D4B39B #A0D49B

square

#9BBCD4 #D09BD4 #D4B39B #A0D49B

split-complementary

#9BBCD4 #D49BA0 #D4D09B

monochromatic

#4A82AB #709FC2 #9BBCD4 #C6D9E6 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#9BBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCD4

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCD4	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.050 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0e1',
    500: '#9bbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcd4;
$custom-light: #b9d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 39.86,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77896,
    "c": 0.04955,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCD4

secondary

#EDE4DE

accent

#6933B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCD4

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

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