#9BBCDA#9BBCDA

#9BBCDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.056 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCDA
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.24, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 19.13, 257.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0227 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.056 246)
XYZ	xyz(44.1519, 47.9952, 73.2537)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCDA #DAB99B

analogous

#9BDAD8 #9BBCDA #9B9CDA

triadic

#9BBCDA #DA9BBC #BCDA9B

tetradic

#9BBCDA #D89BDA #DAB99B #9CDA9B

square

#9BBCDA #D89BDA #DAB99B #9CDA9B

split-complementary

#9BBCDA #DA9B9C #DAD89B

monochromatic

#4480B7 #6E9EC9 #9BBCDA #C8DAEB #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9BBCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#9BBCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCDA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCDA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.056 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e5',
    500: '#9bbcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcda;
$custom-light: #bad0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.05591,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.47997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCDA

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6F2CB9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCDA

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

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