#9BCDED#9BCDED

#9BCDED is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.069 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDED
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -8.63, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 22.70, 247.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0378 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.069 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6300, 56.7430, 88.3891)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDED #EDBB9B

analogous

#9BEDE4 #9BCDED #9BA4ED

triadic

#9BCDED #ED9BCD #CDED9B

tetradic

#9BCDED #E49BED #EDBB9B #A4ED9B

square

#9BCDED #E49BED #EDBB9B #A4ED9B

split-complementary

#9BCDED #ED9BA4 #EDE49B

monochromatic

#3399DA #67B3E4 #9BCDED #CFE7F6 #E5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BCDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#9BCDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDED

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDED	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.069 236.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDED

secondary

#C98B63

accent

#5E14D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDED

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

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