#9BCBEF#9BCBEF

#9BCBEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.072 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBEF
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -7.08, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 23.85, 252.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0346 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.072 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4485, 55.9098, 89.7781)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBEF #EFBF9B

analogous

#9BEFE9 #9BCBEF #9BA1EF

triadic

#9BCBEF #EF9BCB #CBEF9B

tetradic

#9BCBEF #E99BEF #EFBF9B #A1EF9B

square

#9BCBEF #E99BEF #EFBF9B #A1EF9B

split-complementary

#9BCBEF #EF9BA1 #EFE99B

monochromatic

#3194DE #66B0E7 #9BCBEF #D0E6F7 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9BCBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#9BCBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBEF

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBEF	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.072 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf4',
    500: '#9bcbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbef;
$custom-light: #bbdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82084,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBEF

secondary

#CC9062

accent

#6511D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBEF

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

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