#9BCADE#9BCADE

#9BCADE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.057 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCADE
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(198, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -10.70, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 18.35, 234.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0395 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.057 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8188, 54.4813, 77.0894)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCADE #DEAF9B

analogous

#9BDED1 #9BCADE #9BA9DE

triadic

#9BCADE #DE9BCA #CADE9B

tetradic

#9BCADE #D19BDE #DEAF9B #A9DE9B

square

#9BCADE #D19BDE #DEAF9B #A9DE9B

split-complementary

#9BCADE #DE9BA9 #DED19B

monochromatic

#3F99BF #6DB2CF #9BCADE #C9E2ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9BCADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#9BCADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCADE

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCADE	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.057 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badae8',
    500: '#9bcade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcade;
$custom-light: #badae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81252,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCADE

secondary

#B67F67

accent

#5528BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCADE

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

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