#9BC4EF#9BC4EF

#9BC4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.075 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4EF
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -3.35, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 25.86, 262.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0258 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.075 250)
XYZ	xyz(48.8326, 52.6780, 89.2394)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4EF #EFC69B

analogous

#9BEEEF #9BC4EF #9C9BEF

triadic

#9BC4EF #EF9BC4 #C4EF9B

tetradic

#9BC4EF #EF9BEE #EFC69B #9BEF9C

square

#9BC4EF #EF9BEE #EFC69B #9BEF9C

split-complementary

#9BC4EF #EF9C9B #EEEF9B

monochromatic

#3186DE #66A5E7 #9BC4EF #D0E3F7 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9BC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#9BC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4EF

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4EF	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80CED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.075 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5f4',
    500: '#9bc4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4ef;
$custom-light: #bbd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.5268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4EF

secondary

#CC9862

accent

#7511D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4EF

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

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