#9BC4CD#9BC4CD

#9BC4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.045 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4CD
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -11.51, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 14.59, 217.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0382 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.045 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2737, 50.8544, 65.2289)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4CD #CDA49B

analogous

#9BCDBD #9BC4CD #9BABCD

triadic

#9BC4CD #CD9BC4 #C4CD9B

tetradic

#9BC4CD #BD9BCD #CDA49B #ABCD9B

square

#9BC4CD #BD9BCD #CDA49B #ABCD9B

split-complementary

#9BC4CD #CD9BAB #CDBD9B

monochromatic

#4F909E #72ACB9 #9BC4CD #C4DCE1 #EBF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9BC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#9BC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4CD

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4CD	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.045 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d5dc',
    500: '#9bc4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4cd;
$custom-light: #b9d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79378,
    "c": 0.04529,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4CD

secondary

#A2746A

accent

#4E39AC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4CD

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

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