#9BCBE2#9BCBE2

#9BCBE2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.060 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBE2
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(199, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -10.27, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 19.40, 238.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0393 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.06 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5966, 55.1691, 80.0248)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBE2 #E2B29B

analogous

#9BE2D6 #9BCBE2 #9BA7E2

triadic

#9BCBE2 #E29BCB #CBE29B

tetradic

#9BCBE2 #D69BE2 #E2B29B #A7E29B

square

#9BCBE2 #D69BE2 #E2B29B #A7E29B

split-complementary

#9BCBE2 #E29BA7 #E2D69B

monochromatic

#3C9AC6 #6CB2D4 #9BCBE2 #CAE4F0 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9BCBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#9BCBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBE2

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBE2	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.060 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badaeb',
    500: '#9bcbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbe2;
$custom-light: #badaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81608,
    "c": 0.05975,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBE2

secondary

#BB8266

accent

#5723C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBE2

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

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