#9BBDEB#9BBDEB

#9BBDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.076 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDEB
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -0.59, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 26.57, 268.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0182 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.076 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7060, 49.3598, 85.6476)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDEB #EBC99B

analogous

#9BE5EB #9BBDEB #A19BEB

triadic

#9BBDEB #EB9BBD #BDEB9B

tetradic

#9BBDEB #EB9BE5 #EBC99B #9BEBA1

square

#9BBDEB #EB9BE5 #EBC99B #9BEBA1

split-complementary

#9BBDEB #EBA19B #E5EB9B

monochromatic

#357AD7 #689BE1 #9BBDEB #CEDFF5 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#9BBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDEB

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDEB	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.076 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0f1',
    500: '#9bbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdeb;
$custom-light: #bad0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78978,
    "c": 0.07552,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDEB

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#8117CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDEB

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

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