#9BCDF2#9BCDF2

#9BCDF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.074 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCDF2
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -7.38, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 24.55, 252.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.036 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.074 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3707, 57.0393, 92.2900)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCDF2 #F2C09B

analogous

#9BF2EB #9BCDF2 #9BA1F2

triadic

#9BCDF2 #F29BCD #CDF29B

tetradic

#9BCDF2 #EB9BF2 #F2C09B #A1F29B

square

#9BCDF2 #EB9BF2 #F2C09B #A1F29B

split-complementary

#9BCDF2 #F29BA1 #F2EB9B

monochromatic

#2F97E4 #65B2EB #9BCDF2 #D1E8F9 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9BCDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#9BCDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCDF2

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCDF2	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCCF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C3F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DD6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.074 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcf6',
    500: '#9bcdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcdf2;
$custom-light: #bbdcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82622,
    "c": 0.07385,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCDF2

secondary

#D09061

accent

#630CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCDF2

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

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