#9BCFE5#9BCFE5

#9BCFE5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.062 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCFE5
RGB	rgb(155, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -11.63, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 20.01, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0432 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.062 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9687, 57.2488, 82.5307)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCFE5 #E5B19B

analogous

#9BE5D6 #9BCFE5 #9BAAE5

triadic

#9BCFE5 #E59BCF #CFE59B

tetradic

#9BCFE5 #D69BE5 #E5B19B #AAE59B

square

#9BCFE5 #D69BE5 #E5B19B #AAE59B

split-complementary

#9BCFE5 #E59BAA #E5D69B

monochromatic

#3AA0CC #6AB8D8 #9BCFE5 #CCE6F2 #E7F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#9BCFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#9BCFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCFE5

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCFE5	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.062 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badded',
    500: '#9bcfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcfe5;
$custom-light: #badded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.0621,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCFE5

secondary

#BF8065

accent

#511FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCFE5

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

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