#9BC4E5#9BC4E5

#9BC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.064 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E5
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -5.84, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 21.59, 254.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0292 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.064 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3960, 52.1034, 81.6732)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E5 #E5BC9B

analogous

#9BE5E1 #9BC4E5 #9B9FE5

triadic

#9BC4E5 #E59BC4 #C4E59B

tetradic

#9BC4E5 #E19BE5 #E5BC9B #9FE59B

square

#9BC4E5 #E19BE5 #E5BC9B #9FE59B

split-complementary

#9BC4E5 #E59B9F #E5E19B

monochromatic

#3A8BCC #6AA7D8 #9BC4E5 #CCE1F2 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#9BC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E5

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E5	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.064 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ed',
    500: '#9bc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e5;
$custom-light: #bad5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.757,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80221,
    "c": 0.06412,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E5

secondary

#BF8D65

accent

#6A1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E5

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

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