#9BC8FA#9BC8FA

#9BC8FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.086 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8FA
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 20%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -2.68, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 29.42, 264.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0271 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.086 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4217, 55.1765, 98.3646)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8FA #FACD9B

analogous

#9BF7FA #9BC8FA #9E9BFA

triadic

#9BC8FA #FA9BC8 #C8FA9B

tetradic

#9BC8FA #FA9BF7 #FACD9B #9BFA9E

square

#9BC8FA #FA9BF7 #FACD9B #9BFA9E

split-complementary

#9BC8FA #FA9E9B #F7FA9B

monochromatic

#2688F4 #61A8F7 #9BC8FA #D5E8FD #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BC8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9BC8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8FA

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8FA	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AD3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.086 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd8fc',
    500: '#9bc8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8fa;
$custom-light: #bbd8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8188,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8FA

secondary

#DBA05E

accent

#7900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8FA

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

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