#9BC8DA#9BC8DA

#9BC8DA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.054 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8DA
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -10.60, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 17.37, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0384 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.054 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8228, 53.3369, 74.1440)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8DA #DAAD9B

analogous

#9BDACC #9BC8DA #9BA8DA

triadic

#9BC8DA #DA9BC8 #C8DA9B

tetradic

#9BC8DA #CC9BDA #DAAD9B #A8DA9B

square

#9BC8DA #CC9BDA #DAAD9B #A8DA9B

split-complementary

#9BC8DA #DA9BA8 #DACC9B

monochromatic

#4496B7 #6EAFC9 #9BC8DA #C8E1EB #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9BC8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#9BC8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8DA

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8DA	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.054 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad8e5',
    500: '#9bc8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8da;
$custom-light: #bad8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80682,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8DA

secondary

#B17D68

accent

#552CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8DA

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

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