#9BBDDE#9BBDDE

#9BBDDE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.060 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDDE
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -3.81, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 20.57, 259.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0226 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.06 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8960, 48.6358, 76.1152)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDDE #DEBC9B

analogous

#9BDEDE #9BBDDE #9B9CDE

triadic

#9BBDDE #DE9BBD #BDDE9B

tetradic

#9BBDDE #DE9BDE #DEBC9B #9CDE9B

square

#9BBDDE #DE9BDE #DEBC9B #9CDE9B

split-complementary

#9BBDDE #DE9B9C #DEDE9B

monochromatic

#3F80BF #6D9FCF #9BBDDE #C9DBED #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9BBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9BBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDDE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDDE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.060 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e8',
    500: '#9bbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdde;
$custom-light: #bad0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDDE

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#7228BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDDE

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

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