#9BCAFE#9BCAFE

#9BCAFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.089 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCAFE
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(212, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -2.71, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 30.52, 264.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0283 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.089 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5217, 56.3625, 101.8583)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCAFE #FECF9B

analogous

#9BFCFE #9BCAFE #9D9BFE

triadic

#9BCAFE #FE9BCA #CAFE9B

tetradic

#9BCAFE #FE9BFC #FECF9B #9BFE9D

square

#9BCAFE #FE9BFC #FECF9B #9BFE9D

split-complementary

#9BCAFE #FE9D9B #FCFE9B

monochromatic

#228AFD #5EAAFD #9BCAFE #D8EAFF #E1EFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9BCAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#9BCAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCAFE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCAFE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78D6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.089 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdaff',
    500: '#9bcafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcafe;
$custom-light: #bcdaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.515,
    "s": 98.02,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8246,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCAFE

secondary

#E1A25C

accent

#7900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCAFE

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

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