#9BBDDD#9BBDDD

#9BBDDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.059 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDDD
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -4.05, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 20.14, 258.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.023 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.059 247)
XYZ	xyz(44.7624, 48.5824, 75.4114)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDDD #DDBB9B

analogous

#9BDDDC #9BBDDD #9B9CDD

triadic

#9BBDDD #DD9BBD #BDDD9B

tetradic

#9BBDDD #DC9BDD #DDBB9B #9CDD9B

square

#9BBDDD #DC9BDD #DDBB9B #9CDD9B

split-complementary

#9BBDDD #DD9B9C #DDDC9B

monochromatic

#4081BD #6D9FCD #9BBDDD #C9DBED #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9BBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#9BBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDDD

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDDD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.059 247.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.05875,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.48584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDDD

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#7129BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDDD

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

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