#9BC4E1#9BC4E1

#9BC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.060 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E1
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -6.82, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 20.03, 250.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0306 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.06 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8439, 51.8825, 78.7657)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E1 #E1B89B

analogous

#9BE1DB #9BC4E1 #9BA1E1

triadic

#9BC4E1 #E19BC4 #C4E19B

tetradic

#9BC4E1 #DB9BE1 #E1B89B #A1E19B

square

#9BC4E1 #DB9BE1 #E1B89B #A1E19B

split-complementary

#9BC4E1 #E19BA1 #E1DB9B

monochromatic

#3D8CC5 #6CA8D3 #9BC4E1 #CAE0EF #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9BC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9BC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E1

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E1	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.060 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ea',
    500: '#9bc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e1;
$custom-light: #bad5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E1

secondary

#BA8966

accent

#6524C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E1

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

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