#9BCBDA#9BCBDA

#9BCBDA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.054 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBDA
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -12.16, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 17.46, 225.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0423 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.054 219)
XYZ	xyz(47.5244, 54.7402, 74.3779)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBDA #DAAA9B

analogous

#9BDAC9 #9BCBDA #9BABDA

triadic

#9BCBDA #DA9BCB #CBDA9B

tetradic

#9BCBDA #C99BDA #DAAA9B #ABDA9B

square

#9BCBDA #C99BDA #DAAA9B #ABDA9B

split-complementary

#9BCBDA #DA9BAB #DAC99B

monochromatic

#449BB7 #6EB4C9 #9BCBDA #C8E2EB #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9BCBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#9BCBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBDA

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBDA	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.054 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badae5',
    500: '#9bcbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbda;
$custom-light: #badae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8133,
    "c": 0.05438,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.54742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBDA

secondary

#B17968

accent

#4E2CB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBDA

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

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