#9BC2DD#9BC2DD

#9BC2DD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.057 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC2DD
RGB	rgb(155, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -6.72, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 18.92, 249.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0295 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.057 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8565, 50.7706, 75.7761)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC2DD #DDB69B

analogous

#9BDDD7 #9BC2DD #9BA1DD

triadic

#9BC2DD #DD9BC2 #C2DD9B

tetradic

#9BC2DD #D79BDD #DDB69B #A1DD9B

square

#9BC2DD #D79BDD #DDB69B #A1DD9B

split-complementary

#9BC2DD #DD9BA1 #DDD79B

monochromatic

#408ABD #6DA6CD #9BC2DD #C9DEED #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9BC2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9BC2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC2DD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC2DD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.057 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad4e7',
    500: '#9bc2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc2dd;
$custom-light: #bad4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79501,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC2DD

secondary

#B58767

accent

#6529BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC2DD

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

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