#9BC4E2#9BC4E2

#9BC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.061 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E2
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -6.58, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 20.41, 251.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0303 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.061 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9807, 51.9373, 79.4862)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E2 #E2B99B

analogous

#9BE2DD #9BC4E2 #9BA1E2

triadic

#9BC4E2 #E29BC4 #C4E29B

tetradic

#9BC4E2 #DD9BE2 #E2B99B #A1E29B

square

#9BC4E2 #DD9BE2 #E2B99B #A1E29B

split-complementary

#9BC4E2 #E29BA1 #E2DD9B

monochromatic

#3C8CC6 #6CA8D4 #9BC4E2 #CAE0F0 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#9BC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E2

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E2	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.061 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5eb',
    500: '#9bc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e2;
$custom-light: #bad5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.06102,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E2

secondary

#BB8A66

accent

#6623C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E2

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

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