#9BE8FF#9BE8FF

#9BE8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.082 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE8FF
RGB	rgb(155, 232, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -18.02, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 25.89, 225.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.064 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.082 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4179, 71.8978, 105.2824)
Luminance	0.7190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE8FF #FFB29B

analogous

#9BFFE4 #9BE8FF #9BB6FF

triadic

#9BE8FF #FF9BE8 #E8FF9B

tetradic

#9BE8FF #E49BFF #FFB29B #B6FF9B

square

#9BE8FF #E49BFF #FFB29B #B6FF9B

split-complementary

#9BE8FF #FF9BB6 #FFE49B

monochromatic

#21CCFF #5EDAFF #9BE8FF #D8F6FF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#9BE8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#9BE8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE8FF

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE8FF	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D7FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73F0EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.082 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcefff',
    500: '#9be8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be8ff;
$custom-light: #bcefff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8888,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE8FF

secondary

#E27B5C

accent

#3500E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#121618

muted

#828586

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE8FF

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

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