#9BD6EA#9BD6EA

#9BD6EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.066 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD6EA
RGB	rgb(155, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(195, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -14.03, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 21.17, 228.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0501 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.066 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4105, 60.9993, 86.8384)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD6EA #EAAF9B

analogous

#9BEAD7 #9BD6EA #9BAFEA

triadic

#9BD6EA #EA9BD6 #D6EA9B

tetradic

#9BD6EA #D79BEA #EAAF9B #AFEA9B

square

#9BD6EA #D79BEA #EAAF9B #AFEA9B

split-complementary

#9BD6EA #EA9BAF #EAD79B

monochromatic

#36ADD5 #68C1DF #9BD6EA #CEEBF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9BD6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#9BD6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD6EA

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD6EA	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.066 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe2f0',
    500: '#9bd6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd6ea;
$custom-light: #bbe2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8426,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD6EA

secondary

#C57D64

accent

#4618CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD6EA

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

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