#9BC5E7#9BC5E7

#9BC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.066 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5E7
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(207, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -5.88, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 22.15, 254.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0298 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.066 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9031, 52.6683, 83.2278)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5E7 #E7BD9B

analogous

#9BE7E3 #9BC5E7 #9B9FE7

triadic

#9BC5E7 #E79BC5 #C5E79B

tetradic

#9BC5E7 #E39BE7 #E7BD9B #9FE79B

square

#9BC5E7 #E39BE7 #E7BD9B #9FE79B

split-complementary

#9BC5E7 #E79B9F #E7E39B

monochromatic

#388CCF #6AA8DB #9BC5E7 #CCE2F3 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9BC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#9BC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5E7

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5E7	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.066 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad6ee',
    500: '#9bc5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5e7;
$custom-light: #bad6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80509,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5E7

secondary

#C18E65

accent

#6A1DC9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5E7

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

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