#9BC4E8#9BC4E8

#9BC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.067 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E8
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -5.10, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 22.82, 257.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0282 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.067 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8185, 52.2723, 83.8983)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E8 #E8BF9B

analogous

#9BE8E5 #9BC4E8 #9B9DE8

triadic

#9BC4E8 #E89BC4 #C4E89B

tetradic

#9BC4E8 #E59BE8 #E8BF9B #9DE89B

square

#9BC4E8 #E59BE8 #E8BF9B #9DE89B

split-complementary

#9BC4E8 #E89B9D #E8E59B

monochromatic

#3789D1 #69A7DD #9BC4E8 #CDE1F3 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9BC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9BC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E8

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E8	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.067 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5ef',
    500: '#9bc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e8;
$custom-light: #bad5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.052,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80334,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E8

secondary

#C39165

accent

#6D1BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E8

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

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