#9BCDEF#9BCDEF

#9BCDEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.071 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDEF
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -8.13, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 23.42, 249.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0371 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.071 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9239, 56.8605, 89.9365)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDEF #EFBD9B

analogous

#9BEFE7 #9BCDEF #9BA3EF

triadic

#9BCDEF #EF9BCD #CDEF9B

tetradic

#9BCDEF #E79BEF #EFBD9B #A3EF9B

square

#9BCDEF #E79BEF #EFBD9B #A3EF9B

split-complementary

#9BCDEF #EF9BA3 #EFE79B

monochromatic

#3198DE #66B3E7 #9BCDEF #D0E7F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BCDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#9BCDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDEF

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDEF	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ED6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.071 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf4',
    500: '#9bcdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdef;
$custom-light: #bbdcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82509,
    "c": 0.07087,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDEF

secondary

#CC8D62

accent

#6011D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDEF

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

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