#9BC4EA#9BC4EA

#9BC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.070 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4EA
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(209, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -4.61, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 23.67, 258.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0275 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.07 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1042, 52.3866, 85.4029)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4EA #EAC19B

analogous

#9BEAE9 #9BC4EA #9B9DEA

triadic

#9BC4EA #EA9BC4 #C4EA9B

tetradic

#9BC4EA #E99BEA #EAC19B #9DEA9B

square

#9BC4EA #E99BEA #EAC19B #9DEA9B

split-complementary

#9BC4EA #EA9B9D #EAE99B

monochromatic

#3688D5 #68A6DF #9BC4EA #CEE2F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9BC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#9BC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4EA

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4EA	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.070 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad5f0',
    500: '#9bc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4ea;
$custom-light: #bad5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.861,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4EA

secondary

#C59364

accent

#6F18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4EA

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

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