#9BCAEA#9BCAEA

#9BCAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.067 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAEA
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -7.79, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 22.18, 249.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0351 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.067 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4847, 55.1476, 85.8631)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAEA #EABB9B

analogous

#9BEAE3 #9BCAEA #9BA3EA

triadic

#9BCAEA #EA9BCA #CAEA9B

tetradic

#9BCAEA #E39BEA #EABB9B #A3EA9B

square

#9BCAEA #E39BEA #EABB9B #A3EA9B

split-complementary

#9BCAEA #EA9BA3 #EAE39B

monochromatic

#3694D5 #68AFDF #9BCAEA #CEE5F5 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#9BCAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAEA

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAEA	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcaea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.067 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badaf0',
    500: '#9bcaea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcaea;
$custom-light: #badaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcaea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.304,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAEA

secondary

#C58B64

accent

#6218CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAEA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →