#9BCBEB#9BCBEB

#9BCBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.068 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBEB
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -8.07, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 22.35, 248.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.036 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.068 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8641, 55.6761, 86.7003)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBEB #EBBB9B

analogous

#9BEBE3 #9BCBEB #9BA3EB

triadic

#9BCBEB #EB9BCB #CBEB9B

tetradic

#9BCBEB #E39BEB #EBBB9B #A3EB9B

square

#9BCBEB #E39BEB #EBBB9B #A3EB9B

split-complementary

#9BCBEB #EB9BA3 #EBE39B

monochromatic

#3596D7 #68B0E1 #9BCBEB #CEE6F5 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#9BCBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBEB

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBEB	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.068 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badaf1',
    500: '#9bcbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbeb;
$custom-light: #badaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.06763,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBEB

secondary

#C78B64

accent

#6017CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBEB

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

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