#9BC3EF#9BC3EF

#9BC3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.076 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC3EF
RGB	rgb(155, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -2.81, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 26.20, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0245 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.076 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6078, 52.2284, 89.1645)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC3EF #EFC79B

analogous

#9BEDEF #9BC3EF #9D9BEF

triadic

#9BC3EF #EF9BC3 #C3EF9B

tetradic

#9BC3EF #EF9BED #EFC79B #9BEF9D

square

#9BC3EF #EF9BED #EFC79B #9BEF9D

split-complementary

#9BC3EF #EF9D9B #EDEF9B

monochromatic

#3184DE #66A3E7 #9BC3EF #D0E3F7 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9BC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#9BC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC3EF

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC3EF	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80CDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.076 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f4',
    500: '#9bc3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc3ef;
$custom-light: #bbd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC3EF

secondary

#CC9A62

accent

#7711D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC3EF

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

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