#9BCBDD#9BCBDD

#9BCBDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.056 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBDD
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -11.46, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 18.10, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0411 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.056 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9206, 54.8986, 76.4641)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBDD #DDAD9B

analogous

#9BDDCE #9BCBDD #9BAADD

triadic

#9BCBDD #DD9BCB #CBDD9B

tetradic

#9BCBDD #CE9BDD #DDAD9B #AADD9B

square

#9BCBDD #CE9BDD #DDAD9B #AADD9B

split-complementary

#9BCBDD #DD9BAA #DDCE9B

monochromatic

#409BBD #6DB3CD #9BCBDD #C9E3ED #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#9BCBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBDD

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBDD	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.056 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badae7',
    500: '#9bcbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbdd;
$custom-light: #badae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.05618,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBDD

secondary

#B57C67

accent

#5129BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBDD

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

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