#9BCAEB#9BCAEB

#9BCAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.068 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAEB
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -7.54, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 22.55, 250.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0347 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.068 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6287, 55.2053, 86.6218)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAEB #EBBC9B

analogous

#9BEBE4 #9BCAEB #9BA2EB

triadic

#9BCAEB #EB9BCA #CAEB9B

tetradic

#9BCAEB #E49BEB #EBBC9B #A2EB9B

square

#9BCAEB #E49BEB #EBBC9B #A2EB9B

split-complementary

#9BCAEB #EB9BA2 #EBE49B

monochromatic

#3594D7 #68AFE1 #9BCAEB #CEE5F5 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BCAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9BCAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAEB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAEB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.068 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badaf1',
    500: '#9bcaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcaeb;
$custom-light: #badaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81721,
    "c": 0.06795,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAEB

secondary

#C78C64

accent

#6317CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAEB

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

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