#9BC9FA#9BC9FA

#9BC9FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.085 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC9FA
RGB	rgb(155, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(211, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -3.22, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 29.07, 263.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0284 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.085 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6540, 55.6412, 98.4420)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC9FA #FACC9B

analogous

#9BF9FA #9BC9FA #9D9BFA

triadic

#9BC9FA #FA9BC9 #C9FA9B

tetradic

#9BC9FA #FA9BF9 #FACC9B #9BFA9D

square

#9BC9FA #FA9BF9 #FACC9B #9BFA9D

split-complementary

#9BC9FA #FA9D9B #F9FA9B

monochromatic

#268AF4 #61AAF7 #9BC9FA #D5E8FD #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BC9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#9BC9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC9FA

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC9FA	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AD4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.085 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd9fc',
    500: '#9bc9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc9fa;
$custom-light: #bbd9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.947,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8209,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC9FA

secondary

#DB9F5E

accent

#7600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC9FA

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

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