#9BC5EA#9BC5EA

#9BC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.069 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5EA
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(208, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -5.14, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 23.38, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0287 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.069 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3305, 52.8392, 85.4784)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5EA #EAC09B

analogous

#9BEAE7 #9BC5EA #9B9EEA

triadic

#9BC5EA #EA9BC5 #C5EA9B

tetradic

#9BC5EA #E79BEA #EAC09B #9EEA9B

square

#9BC5EA #E79BEA #EAC09B #9EEA9B

split-complementary

#9BC5EA #EA9B9E #EAE79B

monochromatic

#368AD5 #68A8DF #9BC5EA #CEE2F5 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9BC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#9BC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5EA

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5EA	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.069 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad6f0',
    500: '#9bc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5ea;
$custom-light: #bad6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.101,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5EA

secondary

#C59264

accent

#6D18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5EA

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

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