#9BC3CD#9BC3CD

#9BC3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.045 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3CD
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -10.99, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 14.44, 220.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0368 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.045 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0488, 50.4048, 65.1540)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3CD #CDA59B

analogous

#9BCDBE #9BC3CD #9BAACD

triadic

#9BC3CD #CD9BC3 #C3CD9B

tetradic

#9BC3CD #BE9BCD #CDA59B #AACD9B

square

#9BC3CD #BE9BCD #CDA59B #AACD9B

split-complementary

#9BC3CD #CD9BAA #CDBE9B

monochromatic

#4F8F9E #72ABB9 #9BC3CD #C4DBE1 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9BC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#9BC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3CD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3CD	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.045 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d5dc',
    500: '#9bc3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3cd;
$custom-light: #b9d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79161,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3CD

secondary

#A2756A

accent

#5039AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3CD

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

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