#9BBDDF#9BBDDF

#9BBDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.061 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDDF
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -3.57, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 21.01, 260.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0223 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.061 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0305, 48.6896, 76.8231)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDDF #DFBD9B

analogous

#9BDFDF #9BBDDF #9B9BDF

triadic

#9BBDDF #DF9BBD #BDDF9B

tetradic

#9BBDDF #DF9BDF #DFBD9B #9BDF9B

square

#9BBDDF #DF9BDF #DFBD9B #9BDF9B

split-complementary

#9BBDDF #DF9B9B #DFDF9B

monochromatic

#3E80C1 #6D9ED0 #9BBDDF #C9DCEE #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9BBDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#9BBDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDDF

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDDF	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.061 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e9',
    500: '#9bbddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbddf;
$custom-light: #bad0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.06103,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDDF

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7327BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDDF

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

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