#9BBDD5#9BBDD5

#9BBDD5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.050 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDD5
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -5.96, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 16.87, 249.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0258 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.05 239)
XYZ	xyz(43.7219, 48.1661, 69.9312)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDD5 #D5B39B

analogous

#9BD5D0 #9BBDD5 #9BA0D5

triadic

#9BBDD5 #D59BBD #BDD59B

tetradic

#9BBDD5 #D09BD5 #D5B39B #A0D59B

square

#9BBDD5 #D09BD5 #D5B39B #A0D59B

split-complementary

#9BBDD5 #D59BA0 #D5D09B

monochromatic

#4983AD #70A1C3 #9BBDD5 #C6D9E7 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9BBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#9BBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDD5

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDD5	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.050 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0e2',
    500: '#9bbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdd5;
$custom-light: #b9d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.05026,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.48168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDD5

secondary

#EDE4DE

accent

#6832B4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDD5

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

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