#9BDAEF#9BDAEF

#9BDAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.070 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BDAEF
RGB	rgb(155, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -14.87, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 22.31, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0531 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.07 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1637, 63.3402, 91.0165)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BDAEF #EFB09B

analogous

#9BEFDA #9BDAEF #9BB0EF

triadic

#9BDAEF #EF9BDA #DAEF9B

tetradic

#9BDAEF #DA9BEF #EFB09B #B0EF9B

square

#9BDAEF #DA9BEF #EFB09B #B0EF9B

split-complementary

#9BDAEF #EF9BB0 #EFDA9B

monochromatic

#31B3DE #66C6E7 #9BDAEF #D0EEF7 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9BDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#9BDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BDAEF

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BDAEF	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DE1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bdaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.070 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe5f4',
    500: '#9bdaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bdaef;
$custom-light: #bbe5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bdaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85298,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BDAEF

secondary

#CC7D62

accent

#4211D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BDAEF

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

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