#9BBFEF#9BBFEF

#9BBFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.079 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBFEF
RGB	rgb(155, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(214, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -0.66, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 27.69, 268.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0194 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.079 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7236, 50.4599, 88.8698)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBFEF #EFCB9B

analogous

#9BE9EF #9BBFEF #A19BEF

triadic

#9BBFEF #EF9BBF #BFEF9B

tetradic

#9BBFEF #EF9BE9 #EFCB9B #9BEFA1

square

#9BBFEF #EF9BE9 #EFCB9B #9BEFA1

split-complementary

#9BBFEF #EFA19B #E9EF9B

monochromatic

#317BDE #669DE7 #9BBFEF #D0E1F7 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BBFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#9BBFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBFEF

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBFEF	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.079 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd2f4',
    500: '#9bbfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbfef;
$custom-light: #bbd2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.07891,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBFEF

secondary

#CC9F62

accent

#8111D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBFEF

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

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