#9BCEF8#9BCEF8

#9BCEF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.080 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCEF8
RGB	rgb(155, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(207, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(207, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -6.39, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 26.67, 256.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0352 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.08 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5267, 57.8856, 97.1940)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCEF8 #F8C59B

analogous

#9BF8F4 #9BCEF8 #9BA0F8

triadic

#9BCEF8 #F89BCE #CEF89B

tetradic

#9BCEF8 #F49BF8 #F8C59B #A0F89B

square

#9BCEF8 #F49BF8 #F8C59B #A0F89B

split-complementary

#9BCEF8 #F89BA0 #F8F49B

monochromatic

#2996F0 #62B2F4 #9BCEF8 #D4EAFC #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9BCEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#9BCEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCEF8

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCEF8	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCEFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BD8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.080 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcfa',
    500: '#9bcef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcef8;
$custom-light: #bbdcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.097,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83063,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCEF8

secondary

#D8965F

accent

#6802E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCEF8

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

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