#9BC3DB#9BC3DB

#9BC3DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.055 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3DB
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 11%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -7.73, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 18.04, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0315 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.055 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8150, 51.1113, 74.4556)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3DB #DBB39B

analogous

#9BDBD3 #9BC3DB #9BA3DB

triadic

#9BC3DB #DB9BC3 #C3DB9B

tetradic

#9BC3DB #D39BDB #DBB39B #A3DB9B

square

#9BC3DB #D39BDB #DBB39B #A3DB9B

split-complementary

#9BC3DB #DB9BA3 #DBD39B

monochromatic

#438DB9 #6EA8CB #9BC3DB #C8DEEB #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BC3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9BC3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3DB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3DB	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)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.055 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5e6',
    500: '#9bc3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3db;
$custom-light: #bad5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79643,
    "c": 0.05458,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3DB

secondary

#B38468

accent

#612BBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3DB

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

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