#9BCAEE#9BCAEE

#9BCAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.071 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAEE
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -6.80, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 23.70, 253.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0337 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.071 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0658, 55.3801, 88.9237)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAEE #EEBF9B

analogous

#9BEEE8 #9BCAEE #9BA1EE

triadic

#9BCAEE #EE9BCA #CAEE9B

tetradic

#9BCAEE #E89BEE #EEBF9B #A1EE9B

square

#9BCAEE #E89BEE #EEBF9B #A1EE9B

split-complementary

#9BCAEE #EE9BA1 #EEE89B

monochromatic

#3293DC #67AEE5 #9BCAEE #CFE6F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#9BCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAEE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAEE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.071 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf3',
    500: '#9bcaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcaee;
$custom-light: #bbdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.024,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81834,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAEE

secondary

#CA9063

accent

#6613D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAEE

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

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