#9BC8EA#9BC8EA

#9BC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.068 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8EA
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -6.73, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 22.61, 252.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0325 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.068 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0185, 54.2152, 85.7077)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8EA #EABD9B

analogous

#9BEAE5 #9BC8EA #9BA1EA

triadic

#9BC8EA #EA9BC8 #C8EA9B

tetradic

#9BC8EA #E59BEA #EABD9B #A1EA9B

square

#9BC8EA #E59BEA #EABD9B #A1EA9B

split-complementary

#9BC8EA #EA9BA1 #EAE59B

monochromatic

#3690D5 #68ACDF #9BC8EA #CEE4F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#9BC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8EA

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8EA	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.068 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad8f0',
    500: '#9bc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8ea;
$custom-light: #bad8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.823,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8EA

secondary

#C58E64

accent

#6618CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8EA

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

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