#9BBCDC#9BBCDC

#9BBCDC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.058 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCDC
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -3.76, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 20.00, 259.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.022 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.058 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4152, 48.1005, 74.6404)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCDC #DCBB9B

analogous

#9BDCDB #9BBCDC #9B9BDC

triadic

#9BBCDC #DC9BBC #BCDC9B

tetradic

#9BBCDC #DB9BDC #DCBB9B #9BDC9B

square

#9BBCDC #DB9BDC #DCBB9B #9BDC9B

split-complementary

#9BBCDC #DC9B9B #DCDB9B

monochromatic

#417FBB #6E9ECC #9BBCDC #C8DAEC #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9BBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#9BBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCDC

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCDC	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.058 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e7',
    500: '#9bbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcdc;
$custom-light: #bad0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCDC

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#722ABB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCDC

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

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