#9BCBDB#9BCBDB

#9BCBDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.055 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBDB
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -11.93, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 17.66, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0419 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.055 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6557, 54.7927, 75.0691)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBDB #DBAB9B

analogous

#9BDBCB #9BCBDB #9BABDB

triadic

#9BCBDB #DB9BCB #CBDB9B

tetradic

#9BCBDB #CB9BDB #DBAB9B #ABDB9B

square

#9BCBDB #CB9BDB #DBAB9B #ABDB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBDB #DB9BAB #DBCB9B

monochromatic

#439BB9 #6EB4CB #9BCBDB #C8E2EB #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9BCBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#9BCBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBDB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBDB	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.055 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badae6',
    500: '#9bcbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbdb;
$custom-light: #badae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81365,
    "c": 0.05495,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBDB

secondary

#B37A68

accent

#4F2BBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBDB

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

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