#9BD8EA#9BD8EA

#9BD8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.067 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD8EA
RGB	rgb(155, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -15.06, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 21.28, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0526 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.067 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9198, 62.0179, 87.0081)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD8EA #EAAD9B

analogous

#9BEAD5 #9BD8EA #9BB1EA

triadic

#9BD8EA #EA9BD8 #D8EA9B

tetradic

#9BD8EA #D59BEA #EAAD9B #B1EA9B

square

#9BD8EA #D59BEA #EAAD9B #B1EA9B

split-complementary

#9BD8EA #EA9BB1 #EAD59B

monochromatic

#36B1D5 #68C4DF #9BD8EA #CEECF5 #E6F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#9BD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#9BD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD8EA

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD8EA	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FDFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.067 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe4f0',
    500: '#9bd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd8ea;
$custom-light: #bbe4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84692,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD8EA

secondary

#C57A64

accent

#4218CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD8EA

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

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