#9CBADE#9CBADE

#9CBADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.061 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBADE
RGB	rgb(156, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(213, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -1.90, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 21.42, 264.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0177 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.061 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4502, 47.4579, 75.9113)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBADE #DEC09C

analogous

#9CDBDE #9CBADE #9F9CDE

triadic

#9CBADE #DE9CBA #BADE9C

tetradic

#9CBADE #DE9CDB #DEC09C #9CDE9F

square

#9CBADE #DE9CDB #DEC09C #9CDE9F

split-complementary

#9CBADE #DE9F9C #DBDE9C

monochromatic

#407ABF #6E9ACF #9CBADE #CADAED #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9CBADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#9CBADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBADE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBADE	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.061 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacee8',
    500: '#9cbade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbade;
$custom-light: #bacee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77907,
    "c": 0.06118,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBADE

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#7A28BD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBADE

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

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