#9BC3EB#9BC3EB

#9BC3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.071 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3EB
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(210, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -3.82, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 24.41, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0258 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.071 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0234, 51.9946, 86.0867)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3EB #EBC39B

analogous

#9BEBEB #9BC3EB #9B9BEB

triadic

#9BC3EB #EB9BC3 #C3EB9B

tetradic

#9BC3EB #EB9BEB #EBC39B #9BEB9B

square

#9BC3EB #EB9BEB #EBC39B #9BEB9B

split-complementary

#9BC3EB #EB9B9B #EBEB9B

monochromatic

#3586D7 #68A4E1 #9BC3EB #CEE2F5 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#9BC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3EB

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3EB	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.071 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5f1',
    500: '#9bc3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3eb;
$custom-light: #bad5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3EB

secondary

#C79564

accent

#7317CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3EB

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

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