#9BD3EA#9BD3EA

#9BD3EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.066 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD3EA
RGB	rgb(155, 211, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(197, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -12.49, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 21.16, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0464 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.066 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6583, 59.4948, 86.5876)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD3EA #EAB29B

analogous

#9BEADA #9BD3EA #9BACEA

triadic

#9BD3EA #EA9BD3 #D3EA9B

tetradic

#9BD3EA #DA9BEA #EAB29B #ACEA9B

square

#9BD3EA #DA9BEA #EAB29B #ACEA9B

split-complementary

#9BD3EA #EA9BAC #EADA9B

monochromatic

#36A6D5 #68BDDF #9BD3EA #CEE9F5 #E6F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9BD3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#9BD3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD3EA

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD3EA	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 211, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.066 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe0f0',
    500: '#9bd3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd3ea;
$custom-light: #bbe0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83613,
    "c": 0.0659,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD3EA

secondary

#C58064

accent

#4D18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD3EA

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

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