#9BC4E7#9BC4E7

#9BC4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.066 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E7
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -5.35, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 22.41, 256.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0285 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.066 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6768, 52.2157, 83.1523)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E7 #E7BE9B

analogous

#9BE7E4 #9BC4E7 #9B9EE7

triadic

#9BC4E7 #E79BC4 #C4E79B

tetradic

#9BC4E7 #E49BE7 #E7BE9B #9EE79B

square

#9BC4E7 #E49BE7 #E7BE9B #9EE79B

split-complementary

#9BC4E7 #E79B9E #E7E49B

monochromatic

#388ACF #6AA7DB #9BC4E7 #CCE1F3 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9BC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#9BC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E7

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E7	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.066 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ee',
    500: '#9bc4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e7;
$custom-light: #bad5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.632,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80296,
    "c": 0.06625,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E7

secondary

#C18F65

accent

#6C1DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E7

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

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