#9BC4FF#9BC4FF

#9BC4FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.095 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC4FF
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 0.78, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 33.33, 271.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0206 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.095 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3018, 53.6657, 102.2437)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC4FF #FFD69B

analogous

#9BF6FF #9BC4FF #A49BFF

triadic

#9BC4FF #FF9BC4 #C4FF9B

tetradic

#9BC4FF #FF9BF6 #FFD69B #9BFFA4

square

#9BC4FF #FF9BF6 #FFD69B #9BFFA4

split-complementary

#9BC4FF #FFA49B #F6FF9B

monochromatic

#217CFF #5EA0FF #9BC4FF #D8E8FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BC4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#9BC4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC4FF

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC4FF	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.095 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd5ff',
    500: '#9bc4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc4ff;
$custom-light: #bcd5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81253,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC4FF

secondary

#E2AB5C

accent

#8700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC4FF

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

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