#9BE5FF#9BE5FF

#9BE5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.081 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE5FF
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -16.51, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 25.80, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0605 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.081 222)
XYZ	xyz(59.5806, 70.2233, 105.0033)
Luminance	0.7023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE5FF #FFB59B

analogous

#9BFFE7 #9BE5FF #9BB3FF

triadic

#9BE5FF #FF9BE5 #E5FF9B

tetradic

#9BE5FF #E79BFF #FFB59B #B3FF9B

square

#9BE5FF #E79BFF #FFB59B #B3FF9B

split-complementary

#9BE5FF #FF9BB3 #FFE79B

monochromatic

#21C5FF #5ED5FF #9BE5FF #D8F5FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#9BE5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#9BE5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE5FF

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE5FF	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6E1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D5FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73EEED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.081 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcedff',
    500: '#9be5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be5ff;
$custom-light: #bcedff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88234,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.70227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE5FF

secondary

#E27F5C

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FDFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#121618

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE5FF

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

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