#9BBCE2#9BBCE2

#9BBCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.065 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCE2
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(212, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -2.29, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 22.70, 264.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0199 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.065 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2241, 48.4241, 78.9007)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCE2 #E2C19B

analogous

#9BDFE2 #9BBCE2 #9E9BE2

triadic

#9BBCE2 #E29BBC #BCE29B

tetradic

#9BBCE2 #E29BDF #E2C19B #9BE29E

square

#9BBCE2 #E29BDF #E2C19B #9BE29E

split-complementary

#9BBCE2 #E29E9B #DFE29B

monochromatic

#3C7CC6 #6C9CD4 #9BBCE2 #CADCF0 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9BBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9BBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCE2

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCE2	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.065 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0eb',
    500: '#9bbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbce2;
$custom-light: #bad0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78415,
    "c": 0.0652,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCE2

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7823C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCE2

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

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