#9BC7EA#9BC7EA

#9BC7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.068 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC7EA
RGB	rgb(155, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(207, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -6.20, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 22.85, 254.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0313 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.068 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7876, 53.7535, 85.6307)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC7EA #EABE9B

analogous

#9BEAE6 #9BC7EA #9BA0EA

triadic

#9BC7EA #EA9BC7 #C7EA9B

tetradic

#9BC7EA #E69BEA #EABE9B #A0EA9B

square

#9BC7EA #E69BEA #EABE9B #A0EA9B

split-complementary

#9BC7EA #EA9BA0 #EAE69B

monochromatic

#368ED5 #68ABDF #9BC7EA #CEE3F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9BC7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#9BC7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC7EA

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC7EA	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.068 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad8f0',
    500: '#9bc7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc7ea;
$custom-light: #bad8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.582,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC7EA

secondary

#C58F64

accent

#6818CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC7EA

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

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