#9BC4E4#9BC4E4

#9BC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.063 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E4
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -6.09, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 21.19, 253.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0296 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.063 242)
XYZ	xyz(47.2568, 52.0477, 80.9400)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E4 #E4BB9B

analogous

#9BE4DF #9BC4E4 #9BA0E4

triadic

#9BC4E4 #E49BC4 #C4E49B

tetradic

#9BC4E4 #DF9BE4 #E4BB9B #A0E49B

square

#9BC4E4 #DF9BE4 #E4BB9B #A0E49B

split-complementary

#9BC4E4 #E49BA0 #E4DF9B

monochromatic

#3B8BCA #6BA8D7 #9BC4E4 #CBE0F1 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#9BC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E4

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E4	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.063 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ec',
    500: '#9bc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e4;
$custom-light: #bad5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80184,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.5205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E4

secondary

#BE8C66

accent

#6920C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E4

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

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