#9BC4FA#9BC4FA

#9BC4FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.089 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4FA
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -0.53, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 30.94, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0222 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.089 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5074, 53.3479, 98.0598)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4FA #FAD19B

analogous

#9BF4FA #9BC4FA #A29BFA

triadic

#9BC4FA #FA9BC4 #C4FA9B

tetradic

#9BC4FA #FA9BF4 #FAD19B #9BFAA2

square

#9BC4FA #FA9BF4 #FAD19B #9BFAA2

split-complementary

#9BC4FA #FAA29B #F4FA9B

monochromatic

#267FF4 #61A2F7 #9BC4FA #D5E6FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9BC4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#9BC4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4FA

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4FA	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C6FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.089 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5fc',
    500: '#9bc4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4fa;
$custom-light: #bbd5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.105,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81045,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4FA

secondary

#DBA55E

accent

#8200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4FA

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

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