#9BD5FF#9BD5FF

#9BD5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.084 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD5FF
RGB	rgb(155, 213, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(205, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -8.28, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 27.64, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0413 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.084 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3558, 61.7738, 103.5950)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD5FF #FFC59B

analogous

#9BFFF7 #9BD5FF #9BA3FF

triadic

#9BD5FF #FF9BD5 #D5FF9B

tetradic

#9BD5FF #F79BFF #FFC59B #A3FF9B

square

#9BD5FF #F79BFF #FFC59B #A3FF9B

split-complementary

#9BD5FF #FF9BA3 #FFF79B

monochromatic

#21A2FF #5EBBFF #9BD5FF #D8EFFF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#9BD5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#9BD5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD5FF

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD5FF	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76DFE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 213, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.084 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce1ff',
    500: '#9bd5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd5ff;
$custom-light: #bce1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84815,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD5FF

secondary

#E2945C

accent

#6000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD5FF

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

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