#9BBDE2#9BBDE2

#9BBDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.065 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDE2
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(211, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -2.83, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 22.36, 262.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0212 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.065 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4385, 48.8528, 78.9721)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDE2 #E2C09B

analogous

#9BE0E2 #9BBDE2 #9D9BE2

triadic

#9BBDE2 #E29BBD #BDE29B

tetradic

#9BBDE2 #E29BE0 #E2C09B #9BE29D

square

#9BBDE2 #E29BE0 #E2C09B #9BE29D

split-complementary

#9BBDE2 #E29D9B #E0E29B

monochromatic

#3C7EC6 #6C9ED4 #9BBDE2 #CADCF0 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9BBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#9BBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDE2

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDE2	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.065 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0eb',
    500: '#9bbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbde2;
$custom-light: #bad0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78626,
    "c": 0.06454,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDE2

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7623C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDE2

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

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