#9BCAEC#9BCAEC

#9BCAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.069 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAEC
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -7.30, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 22.93, 251.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0344 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.069 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7736, 55.2632, 87.3848)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAEC #ECBD9B

analogous

#9BECE6 #9BCAEC #9BA2EC

triadic

#9BCAEC #EC9BCA #CAEC9B

tetradic

#9BCAEC #E69BEC #ECBD9B #A2EC9B

square

#9BCAEC #E69BEC #ECBD9B #A2EC9B

split-complementary

#9BCAEC #EC9BA2 #ECE69B

monochromatic

#3493D8 #68AFE2 #9BCAEC #CEE5F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#9BCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAEC

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAEC	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.069 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf2',
    500: '#9bcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcaec;
$custom-light: #bbdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.185,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81759,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAEC

secondary

#C88E63

accent

#6416D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAEC

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

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