#9BCBEC#9BCBEC

#9BCBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.069 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBEC
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -7.82, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 22.72, 249.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0356 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.069 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0090, 55.7340, 87.4633)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBEC #ECBC9B

analogous

#9BECE4 #9BCBEC #9BA3EC

triadic

#9BCBEC #EC9BCB #CBEC9B

tetradic

#9BCBEC #E49BEC #ECBC9B #A3EC9B

square

#9BCBEC #E49BEC #ECBC9B #A3EC9B

split-complementary

#9BCBEC #EC9BA3 #ECE49B

monochromatic

#3496D8 #68B0E2 #9BCBEC #CEE6F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#9BCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBEC

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBEC	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.069 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf2',
    500: '#9bcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbec;
$custom-light: #bbdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81971,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBEC

secondary

#C88C63

accent

#6116D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBEC

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

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