#9BD4E2#9BD4E2

#9BD4E2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.062 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD4E2
RGB	rgb(155, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(192, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -14.92, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 19.64, 220.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0506 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.062 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7840, 59.5439, 80.7540)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD4E2 #E2A99B

analogous

#9BE2CD #9BD4E2 #9BB1E2

triadic

#9BD4E2 #E29BD4 #D4E29B

tetradic

#9BD4E2 #CD9BE2 #E2A99B #B1E29B

square

#9BD4E2 #CD9BE2 #E2A99B #B1E29B

split-complementary

#9BD4E2 #E29BB1 #E2CD9B

monochromatic

#3CABC6 #6CC0D4 #9BD4E2 #CAE8F0 #E7F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9BD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#9BD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD4E2

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD4E2	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.062 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae1eb',
    500: '#9bd4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd4e2;
$custom-light: #bae1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.831,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83552,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD4E2

secondary

#BB7766

accent

#4223C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD4E2

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