#9BDFEF#9BDFEF

#9BDFEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.071 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BDFEF
RGB	rgb(155, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(191, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -17.40, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 22.71, 219.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0592 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.071 214)
XYZ	xyz(55.4799, 65.9726, 91.4552)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BDFEF #EFAB9B

analogous

#9BEFD5 #9BDFEF #9BB5EF

triadic

#9BDFEF #EF9BDF #DFEF9B

tetradic

#9BDFEF #D59BEF #EFAB9B #B5EF9B

square

#9BDFEF #D59BEF #EFAB9B #B5EF9B

split-complementary

#9BDFEF #EF9BB5 #EFD59B

monochromatic

#31BDDE #66CEE7 #9BDFEF #D0F0F7 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9BDFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#9BDFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BDFEF

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BDFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BDFEF	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CE6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bdfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.071 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe9f4',
    500: '#9bdfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bdfef;
$custom-light: #bbe9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bdfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8638,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.65976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BDFEF

secondary

#CC7662

accent

#3611D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BDFEF

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

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