#9BCCEF#9BCCEF

#9BCCEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.071 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCCEF
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -7.60, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 23.63, 251.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0358 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.071 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6854, 56.3836, 89.8570)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCCEF #EFBE9B

analogous

#9BEFE8 #9BCCEF #9BA2EF

triadic

#9BCCEF #EF9BCC #CCEF9B

tetradic

#9BCCEF #E89BEF #EFBE9B #A2EF9B

square

#9BCCEF #E89BEF #EFBE9B #A2EF9B

split-complementary

#9BCCEF #EF9BA2 #EFE89B

monochromatic

#3196DE #66B1E7 #9BCCEF #D0E7F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9BCCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#9BCCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCCEF

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCCEF	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bccef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.071 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdbf4',
    500: '#9bccef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bccef;
$custom-light: #bbdbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bccef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82296,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCCEF

secondary

#CC8E62

accent

#6211D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCCEF

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

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