#9BCBED#9BCBED

#9BCBED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.070 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBED
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -7.58, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 23.09, 250.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0353 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.07 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1547, 55.7923, 88.2306)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBED #EDBD9B

analogous

#9BEDE6 #9BCBED #9BA2ED

triadic

#9BCBED #ED9BCB #CBED9B

tetradic

#9BCBED #E69BED #EDBD9B #A2ED9B

square

#9BCBED #E69BED #EDBD9B #A2ED9B

split-complementary

#9BCBED #ED9BA2 #EDE69B

monochromatic

#3395DA #67B0E4 #9BCBED #CFE6F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#9BCBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBED

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBED	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.070 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf3',
    500: '#9bcbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbed;
$custom-light: #bbdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.06958,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBED

secondary

#C98D63

accent

#6314D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBED

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

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