#9BCDEC#9BCDEC

#9BCDEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.068 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDEC
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -8.87, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 22.35, 246.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0381 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.068 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4844, 56.6847, 87.6218)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDEC #ECBA9B

analogous

#9BECE3 #9BCDEC #9BA5EC

triadic

#9BCDEC #EC9BCD #CDEC9B

tetradic

#9BCDEC #E39BEC #ECBA9B #A5EC9B

square

#9BCDEC #E39BEC #ECBA9B #A5EC9B

split-complementary

#9BCDEC #EC9BA5 #ECE39B

monochromatic

#349AD8 #68B3E2 #9BCDEC #CEE7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#9BCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDEC

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDEC	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.068 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf2',
    500: '#9bcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdec;
$custom-light: #bbdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.963,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82398,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDEC

secondary

#C88A63

accent

#5D16D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDEC

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

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