#9BC4DD#9BC4DD

#9BC4DD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.056 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4DD
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -7.78, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 18.58, 245.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0321 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.056 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3047, 51.6668, 75.9255)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4DD #DDB49B

analogous

#9BDDD5 #9BC4DD #9BA3DD

triadic

#9BC4DD #DD9BC4 #C4DD9B

tetradic

#9BC4DD #D59BDD #DDB49B #A3DD9B

square

#9BC4DD #D59BDD #DDB49B #A3DD9B

split-complementary

#9BC4DD #DD9BA3 #DDD59B

monochromatic

#408EBD #6DA9CD #9BC4DD #C9DFED #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9BC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#9BC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4DD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4DD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.056 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5e7',
    500: '#9bc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4dd;
$custom-light: #bad5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79928,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4DD

secondary

#B58567

accent

#6129BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4DD

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

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