#9BC3EE#9BC3EE

#9BC3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.075 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3EE
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -3.07, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 25.75, 263.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0248 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.075 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4605, 52.1695, 88.3886)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3EE #EEC69B

analogous

#9BEDEE #9BC3EE #9D9BEE

triadic

#9BC3EE #EE9BC3 #C3EE9B

tetradic

#9BC3EE #EE9BED #EEC69B #9BEE9D

square

#9BC3EE #EE9BED #EEC69B #9BEE9D

split-complementary

#9BC3EE #EE9D9B #EDEE9B

monochromatic

#3284DC #67A4E5 #9BC3EE #CFE2F7 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#9BC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3EE

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3EE	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80CDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.075 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f3',
    500: '#9bc3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3ee;
$custom-light: #bbd5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.084,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3EE

secondary

#CA9863

accent

#7613D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3EE

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

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