#9BC4E9#9BC4E9

#9BC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.068 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4E9
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -4.86, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 23.25, 257.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0278 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.068 246)
XYZ	xyz(47.9609, 52.3293, 84.6485)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4E9 #E9C09B

analogous

#9BE9E7 #9BC4E9 #9B9DE9

triadic

#9BC4E9 #E99BC4 #C4E99B

tetradic

#9BC4E9 #E79BE9 #E9C09B #9DE99B

square

#9BC4E9 #E79BE9 #E9C09B #9DE99B

split-complementary

#9BC4E9 #E99B9D #E9E79B

monochromatic

#3789D3 #69A6DE #9BC4E9 #CDE2F4 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9BC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#9BC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4E9

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4E9	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.068 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5f0',
    500: '#9bc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4e9;
$custom-light: #bad5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.52332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4E9

secondary

#C49264

accent

#6E1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4E9

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

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