#9BCCEE#9BCCEE

#9BCCEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.070 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCCEE
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -7.85, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 23.25, 250.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0362 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.07 239)
XYZ	xyz(50.5381, 56.3247, 89.0812)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCCEE #EEBD9B

analogous

#9BEEE6 #9BCCEE #9BA3EE

triadic

#9BCCEE #EE9BCC #CCEE9B

tetradic

#9BCCEE #E69BEE #EEBD9B #A3EE9B

square

#9BCCEE #E69BEE #EEBD9B #A3EE9B

split-complementary

#9BCCEE #EE9BA3 #EEE69B

monochromatic

#3297DC #67B1E5 #9BCCEE #CFE7F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9BCCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#9BCCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCCEE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCCEE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bccee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.070 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdbf3',
    500: '#9bccee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bccee;
$custom-light: #bbdbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bccee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.578,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82259,
    "c": 0.07023,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.56327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCCEE

secondary

#CA8D63

accent

#6113D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCCEE

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

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