#9BC6EA#9BC6EA

#9BC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.069 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC6EA
RGB	rgb(155, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -5.67, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 23.11, 255.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.03 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.069 244)
XYZ	xyz(48.5583, 53.2949, 85.5543)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC6EA #EABF9B

analogous

#9BEAE7 #9BC6EA #9B9FEA

triadic

#9BC6EA #EA9BC6 #C6EA9B

tetradic

#9BC6EA #E79BEA #EABF9B #9FEA9B

square

#9BC6EA #E79BEA #EABF9B #9FEA9B

split-complementary

#9BC6EA #EA9B9F #EAE79B

monochromatic

#368CD5 #68A9DF #9BC6EA #CEE3F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9BC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#9BC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC6EA

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC6EA	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.069 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad7f0',
    500: '#9bc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc6ea;
$custom-light: #bad7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.342,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.06853,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.53297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC6EA

secondary

#C59064

accent

#6B18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC6EA

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

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