#9BC5CE#9BC5CE

#9BC5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.046 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5CE
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -11.80, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 14.87, 217.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0391 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.046 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6211, 51.3555, 65.9421)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5CE #CEA49B

analogous

#9BCEBD #9BC5CE #9BABCE

triadic

#9BC5CE #CE9BC5 #C5CE9B

tetradic

#9BC5CE #BD9BCE #CEA49B #ABCE9B

square

#9BC5CE #BD9BCE #CEA49B #ABCE9B

split-complementary

#9BC5CE #CE9BAB #CEBD9B

monochromatic

#4E92A0 #72ADBA #9BC5CE #C4DDE2 #EAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9BC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9BC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5CE

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5CE	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.046 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d6dd',
    500: '#9bc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5ce;
$custom-light: #b9d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5CE

secondary

#A3746A

accent

#4D38AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5CE

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

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