#9BCBEE#9BCBEE

#9BCBEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.071 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBEE
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -7.33, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 23.47, 251.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0349 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.071 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3012, 55.8509, 89.0022)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBEE #EEBE9B

analogous

#9BEEE7 #9BCBEE #9BA2EE

triadic

#9BCBEE #EE9BCB #CBEE9B

tetradic

#9BCBEE #E79BEE #EEBE9B #A2EE9B

square

#9BCBEE #E79BEE #EEBE9B #A2EE9B

split-complementary

#9BCBEE #EE9BA2 #EEE79B

monochromatic

#3295DC #67B0E5 #9BCBEE #CFE6F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#9BCBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBEE

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBEE	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.071 240.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.301,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82046,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBEE

secondary

#CA8E63

accent

#6413D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBEE

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

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