#9BC5FF#9BC5FF

#9BC5FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.094 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC5FF
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, 0.24, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 32.91, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0218 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.094 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5281, 54.1183, 102.3191)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC5FF #FFD59B

analogous

#9BF7FF #9BC5FF #A39BFF

triadic

#9BC5FF #FF9BC5 #C5FF9B

tetradic

#9BC5FF #FF9BF7 #FFD59B #9BFFA3

square

#9BC5FF #FF9BF7 #FFD59B #9BFFA3

split-complementary

#9BC5FF #FFA39B #F7FF9B

monochromatic

#217EFF #5EA2FF #9BC5FF #D8E8FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9BC5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#9BC5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC5FF

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC5FF	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79D2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.094 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd6ff',
    500: '#9bc5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc5ff;
$custom-light: #bcd6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8146,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC5FF

secondary

#E2AA5C

accent

#8500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC5FF

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

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