#9BC4E6#9BC4E6

#9BC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.065 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E6
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(207, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -5.60, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 22.00, 255.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0289 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.065 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5360, 52.1594, 82.4106)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E6 #E6BD9B

analogous

#9BE6E2 #9BC4E6 #9B9EE6

triadic

#9BC4E6 #E69BC4 #C4E69B

tetradic

#9BC4E6 #E29BE6 #E6BD9B #9EE69B

square

#9BC4E6 #E29BE6 #E6BD9B #9EE69B

split-complementary

#9BC4E6 #E69B9E #E6E29B

monochromatic

#398ACE #6AA7DA #9BC4E6 #CCE1F2 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#9BC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E6

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E6	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.065 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ee',
    500: '#9bc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e6;
$custom-light: #bad5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E6

secondary

#C08E65

accent

#6B1EC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E6

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

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