#9CBCD8#9CBCD8

#9CBCD8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.053 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBCD8
RGB	rgb(156, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.42, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 18.12, 255.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0224 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.053 245)
XYZ	xyz(44.0846, 47.9905, 71.8927)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBCD8 #D8B89C

analogous

#9CD8D6 #9CBCD8 #9C9ED8

triadic

#9CBCD8 #D89CBC #BCD89C

tetradic

#9CBCD8 #D69CD8 #D8B89C #9ED89C

square

#9CBCD8 #D69CD8 #D8B89C #9ED89C

split-complementary

#9CBCD8 #D89C9E #D8D69C

monochromatic

#4780B3 #709EC7 #9CBCD8 #C8DAE9 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9CBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#9CBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBCD8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBCD8	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.053 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0e4',
    500: '#9cbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbcd8;
$custom-light: #bad0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.05304,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.47992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBCD8

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6E2FB7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBCD8

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

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