#9CBFDF#9CBFDF

#9CBFDF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.059 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBFDF
RGB	rgb(156, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -4.35, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 20.27, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0239 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.059 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6564, 49.6553, 76.9765)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBFDF #DFBC9C

analogous

#9CDFDE #9CBFDF #9C9EDF

triadic

#9CBFDF #DF9CBF #BFDF9C

tetradic

#9CBFDF #DE9CDF #DFBC9C #9EDF9C

square

#9CBFDF #DE9CDF #DFBC9C #9EDF9C

split-complementary

#9CBFDF #DF9C9E #DFDE9C

monochromatic

#4083C1 #6EA1D0 #9CBFDF #CADDEE #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CBFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#9CBFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBFDF

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBFDF	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.059 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad2e9',
    500: '#9cbfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbfdf;
$custom-light: #bad2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79,
    "c": 0.05929,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBFDF

secondary

#EFE5DC

accent

#6F27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121416

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBFDF

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

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