#9BC1EB#9BC1EB

#9BC1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.073 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC1EB
RGB	rgb(155, 193, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(212, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -2.75, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 25.08, 263.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0233 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.073 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5783, 51.1044, 85.9384)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC1EB #EBC59B

analogous

#9BE9EB #9BC1EB #9D9BEB

triadic

#9BC1EB #EB9BC1 #C1EB9B

tetradic

#9BC1EB #EB9BE9 #EBC59B #9BEB9D

square

#9BC1EB #EB9BE9 #EBC59B #9BEB9D

split-complementary

#9BC1EB #EB9D9B #E9EB9B

monochromatic

#3582D7 #68A1E1 #9BC1EB #CEE1F5 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BC1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9BC1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC1EB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC1EB	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 193, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.073 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad3f1',
    500: '#9bc1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc1eb;
$custom-light: #bad3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC1EB

secondary

#C79864

accent

#7717CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC1EB

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

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