#9BCDEE#9BCDEE

#9BCDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.070 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDEE
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -8.38, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 23.05, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0374 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.07 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7766, 56.8016, 89.1606)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDEE #EEBC9B

analogous

#9BEEE5 #9BCDEE #9BA4EE

triadic

#9BCDEE #EE9BCD #CDEE9B

tetradic

#9BCDEE #E59BEE #EEBC9B #A4EE9B

square

#9BCDEE #E59BEE #EEBC9B #A4EE9B

split-complementary

#9BCDEE #EE9BA4 #EEE59B

monochromatic

#3299DC #67B3E5 #9BCDEE #CFE7F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BCDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#9BCDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDEE

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDEE	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FD5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.070 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf3',
    500: '#9bcdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdee;
$custom-light: #bbdcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.855,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82472,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDEE

secondary

#CA8C63

accent

#5F13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDEE

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

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