#9BC8EB#9BC8EB

#9BC8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.069 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8EB
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -6.49, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 23.00, 253.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0322 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.069 242)
XYZ	xyz(49.1625, 54.2728, 86.4664)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8EB #EBBE9B

analogous

#9BEBE6 #9BC8EB #9BA0EB

triadic

#9BC8EB #EB9BC8 #C8EB9B

tetradic

#9BC8EB #E69BEB #EBBE9B #A0EB9B

square

#9BC8EB #E69BEB #EBBE9B #A0EB9B

split-complementary

#9BC8EB #EB9BA0 #EBE69B

monochromatic

#3590D7 #68ACE1 #9BC8EB #CEE4F5 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#9BC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8EB

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8EB	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.069 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad8f1',
    500: '#9bc8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8eb;
$custom-light: #bad8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81296,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.54275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8EB

secondary

#C78F64

accent

#6717CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8EB

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

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