#9BCBF5#9BCBF5

#9BCBF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.078 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCBF5
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(208, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(208, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -5.56, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 26.27, 257.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0325 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.078 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3496, 56.2703, 94.5240)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCBF5 #F5C59B

analogous

#9BF5F2 #9BCBF5 #9B9EF5

triadic

#9BCBF5 #F59BCB #CBF59B

tetradic

#9BCBF5 #F29BF5 #F5C59B #9EF59B

square

#9BCBF5 #F29BF5 #F5C59B #9EF59B

split-complementary

#9BCBF5 #F59B9E #F5F29B

monochromatic

#2C91EA #63AEEF #9BCBF5 #D3E8FB #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9BCBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#9BCBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCBF5

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCBF5	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACBF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CD5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.078 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdaf8',
    500: '#9bcbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcbf5;
$custom-light: #bbdaf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82313,
    "c": 0.07794,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCBF5

secondary

#D49660

accent

#6C07DE

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCBF5

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

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