#9BCADD#9BCADD

#9BCADD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.056 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCADD
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -10.94, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 18.09, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0398 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.056 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6852, 54.4278, 76.3857)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCADD #DDAE9B

analogous

#9BDDCF #9BCADD #9BA9DD

triadic

#9BCADD #DD9BCA #CADD9B

tetradic

#9BCADD #CF9BDD #DDAE9B #A9DD9B

square

#9BCADD #CF9BDD #DDAE9B #A9DD9B

split-complementary

#9BCADD #DD9BA9 #DDCF9B

monochromatic

#4099BD #6DB2CD #9BCADD #C9E2ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#9BCADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCADD

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCADD	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.056 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badae7',
    500: '#9bcadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcadd;
$custom-light: #badae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81218,
    "c": 0.05603,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCADD

secondary

#B57E67

accent

#5329BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCADD

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

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