#9BCEDE#9BCEDE

#9BCEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.057 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCEDE
RGB	rgb(155, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -12.78, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 18.42, 226.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0446 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.057 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7695, 56.3827, 77.4063)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCEDE #DEAB9B

analogous

#9BDECD #9BCEDE #9BADDE

triadic

#9BCEDE #DE9BCE #CEDE9B

tetradic

#9BCEDE #CD9BDE #DEAB9B #ADDE9B

square

#9BCEDE #CD9BDE #DEAB9B #ADDE9B

split-complementary

#9BCEDE #DE9BAD #DECD9B

monochromatic

#3FA1BF #6DB7CF #9BCEDE #C9E5ED #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#9BCEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#9BCEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCEDE

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCEDE	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.057 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badde8',
    500: '#9bcede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcede;
$custom-light: #badde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82116,
    "c": 0.05746,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCEDE

secondary

#B67A67

accent

#4C28BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCEDE

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

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