#9BC5FA#9BC5FA

#9BC5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.088 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5FA
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 250)
HSL	hsl(213, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 21.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -1.07, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 30.54, 268.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0234 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.088 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7337, 53.8005, 98.1352)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5FA #FAD09B

analogous

#9BF4FA #9BC5FA #A19BFA

triadic

#9BC5FA #FA9BC5 #C5FA9B

tetradic

#9BC5FA #FA9BF4 #FAD09B #9BFAA1

square

#9BC5FA #FA9BF4 #FAD09B #9BFAA1

split-complementary

#9BC5FA #FAA19B #F4FA9B

monochromatic

#2681F4 #61A3F7 #9BC5FA #D5E7FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BC5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#9BC5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5FA

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5FA	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.088 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd6fc',
    500: '#9bc5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5fa;
$custom-light: #bbd6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.474,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5FA

secondary

#DBA45E

accent

#8000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5FA

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

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