#9BCAEF#9BCAEF

#9BCAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.072 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAEF
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -6.55, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 24.10, 254.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0333 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.072 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2131, 55.4390, 89.6996)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAEF #EFC09B

analogous

#9BEFEA #9BCAEF #9BA0EF

triadic

#9BCAEF #EF9BCA #CAEF9B

tetradic

#9BCAEF #EA9BEF #EFC09B #A0EF9B

square

#9BCAEF #EA9BEF #EFC09B #A0EF9B

split-complementary

#9BCAEF #EF9BA0 #EFEA9B

monochromatic

#3192DE #66AEE7 #9BCAEF #D0E6F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BCAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#9BCAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAEF

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAEF	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.072 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf4',
    500: '#9bcaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcaef;
$custom-light: #bbdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81872,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAEF

secondary

#CC9162

accent

#6711D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAEF

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

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