#9BCDEB#9BCDEB

#9BCDEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.067 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDEB
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -9.12, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 22.00, 245.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0385 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.067 235)
XYZ	xyz(50.3395, 56.6268, 86.8587)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDEB #EBB99B

analogous

#9BEBE1 #9BCDEB #9BA5EB

triadic

#9BCDEB #EB9BCD #CDEB9B

tetradic

#9BCDEB #E19BEB #EBB99B #A5EB9B

square

#9BCDEB #E19BEB #EBB99B #A5EB9B

split-complementary

#9BCDEB #EB9BA5 #EBE19B

monochromatic

#359AD7 #68B4E1 #9BCDEB #CEE7F5 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BCDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#9BCDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDEB

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDEB	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.067 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf1',
    500: '#9bcdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdeb;
$custom-light: #bbdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82361,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.56629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDEB

secondary

#C78964

accent

#5C17CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDEB

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

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