#9BCCE2#9BCCE2

#9BCCE2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.060 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCCE2
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(199, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -10.79, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 19.34, 236.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0405 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.06 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8336, 55.6429, 80.1038)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCCE2 #E2B19B

analogous

#9BE2D5 #9BCCE2 #9BA8E2

triadic

#9BCCE2 #E29BCC #CCE29B

tetradic

#9BCCE2 #D59BE2 #E2B19B #A8E29B

square

#9BCCE2 #D59BE2 #E2B19B #A8E29B

split-complementary

#9BCCE2 #E29BA8 #E2D59B

monochromatic

#3C9CC6 #6CB4D4 #9BCCE2 #CAE4F0 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9BCCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#9BCCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCCE2

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCCE2	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.060 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badbeb',
    500: '#9bcce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcce2;
$custom-light: #badbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81823,
    "c": 0.05976,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCCE2

secondary

#BB8066

accent

#5423C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFD

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCCE2

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

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