#9BC4E3#9BC4E3

#9BC4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.062 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E3
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -6.33, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 20.80, 252.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0299 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.062 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1184, 51.9923, 80.2110)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E3 #E3BA9B

analogous

#9BE3DE #9BC4E3 #9BA0E3

triadic

#9BC4E3 #E39BC4 #C4E39B

tetradic

#9BC4E3 #DE9BE3 #E3BA9B #A0E39B

square

#9BC4E3 #DE9BE3 #E3BA9B #A0E39B

split-complementary

#9BC4E3 #E39BA0 #E3DE9B

monochromatic

#3B8CC8 #6BA8D6 #9BC4E3 #CBE0F0 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#9BC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E3

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E3	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.062 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5eb',
    500: '#9bc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e3;
$custom-light: #bad5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80147,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E3

secondary

#BC8B66

accent

#6722C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E3

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

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