#9BC8FF#9BC8FF

#9BC8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.092 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC8FF
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(213, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -1.38, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 31.72, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0255 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.092 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2161, 55.4942, 102.5484)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC8FF #FFD29B

analogous

#9BFAFF #9BC8FF #A09BFF

triadic

#9BC8FF #FF9BC8 #C8FF9B

tetradic

#9BC8FF #FF9BFA #FFD29B #9BFFA0

square

#9BC8FF #FF9BFA #FFD29B #9BFFA0

split-complementary

#9BC8FF #FFA09B #FAFF9B

monochromatic

#2185FF #5EA6FF #9BC8FF #D8EAFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BC8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#9BC8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC8FF

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC8FF	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C0FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.092 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd8ff',
    500: '#9bc8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc8ff;
$custom-light: #bcd8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82084,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC8FF

secondary

#E2A65C

accent

#7E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC8FF

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

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