#9CBDEB#9CBDEB

#9CBDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.075 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBDEB
RGB	rgb(156, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -0.31, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 26.46, 269.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0172 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.075 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8988, 49.4592, 85.6566)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBDEB #EBCA9C

analogous

#9CE5EB #9CBDEB #A39CEB

triadic

#9CBDEB #EB9CBD #BDEB9C

tetradic

#9CBDEB #EB9CE5 #EBCA9C #9CEBA3

square

#9CBDEB #EB9CE5 #EBCA9C #9CEBA3

split-complementary

#9CBDEB #EBA39C #E5EB9C

monochromatic

#3679D6 #699BE1 #9CBDEB #CFDFF5 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9CBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9CBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBDEB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBDEB	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.075 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0f1',
    500: '#9cbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbdeb;
$custom-light: #bbd0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.937,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.07501,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBDEB

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#8217CE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBDEB

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

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