#9BBCD8#9BBCD8

#9BBCD8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.054 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCD8
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 44%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -4.72, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 18.29, 255.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0234 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.054 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8918, 47.8911, 71.8837)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCD8 #D8B79B

analogous

#9BD8D5 #9BBCD8 #9B9DD8

triadic

#9BBCD8 #D89BBC #BCD89B

tetradic

#9BBCD8 #D59BD8 #D8B79B #9DD89B

square

#9BBCD8 #D59BD8 #D8B79B #9DD89B

split-complementary

#9BBCD8 #D89B9D #D8D59B

monochromatic

#4681B3 #6F9FC7 #9BBCD8 #C7D9E9 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#9BBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCD8

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCD8	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.054 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0e4',
    500: '#9bbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcd8;
$custom-light: #b9d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.541,
    "s": 43.885,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7804,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCD8

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6D2EB7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCD8

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

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