#9CBCD3#9CBCD3

#9CBCD3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.048 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCD3
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -5.60, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 16.10, 249.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0243 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.048 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4480, 47.7359, 68.5401)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCD3 #D3B39C

analogous

#9CD3CF #9CBCD3 #9CA1D3

triadic

#9CBCD3 #D39CBC #BCD39C

tetradic

#9CBCD3 #CF9CD3 #D3B39C #A1D39C

square

#9CBCD3 #CF9CD3 #D3B39C #A1D39C

split-complementary

#9CBCD3 #D39CA1 #D3CF9C

monochromatic

#4B82A9 #729FC0 #9CBCD3 #C6D9E6 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9CBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#9CBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCD3

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCD3	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.048 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e0',
    500: '#9cbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcd3;
$custom-light: #bad0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77926,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCD3

secondary

#ECE4DF

accent

#6834B1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCD3

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

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