#9BCAE3#9BCAE3

#9BCAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.061 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAE3
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -9.50, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 19.79, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0376 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.061 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4989, 54.7533, 80.6711)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAE3 #E3B49B

analogous

#9BE3D8 #9BCAE3 #9BA6E3

triadic

#9BCAE3 #E39BCA #CAE39B

tetradic

#9BCAE3 #D89BE3 #E3B49B #A6E39B

square

#9BCAE3 #D89BE3 #E3B49B #A6E39B

split-complementary

#9BCAE3 #E39BA6 #E3D89B

monochromatic

#3B97C8 #6BB1D6 #9BCAE3 #CBE3F0 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9BCAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#9BCAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAE3

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAE3	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.061 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badaeb',
    500: '#9bcae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcae3;
$custom-light: #badaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81429,
    "c": 0.06062,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAE3

secondary

#BC8466

accent

#5A22C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAE3

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

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