#9DBCE2#9DBCE2

#9DBCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.064 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCE2
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(213, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -1.72, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 22.45, 265.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0179 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.064 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6113, 48.6237, 78.9188)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCE2 #E2C39D

analogous

#9DDFE2 #9DBCE2 #A09DE2

triadic

#9DBCE2 #E29DBC #BCE29D

tetradic

#9DBCE2 #E29DDF #E2C39D #9DE2A0

square

#9DBCE2 #E29DDF #E2C39D #9DE2A0

split-complementary

#9DBCE2 #E2A09D #DFE29D

monochromatic

#3F7BC6 #6E9CD4 #9DBCE2 #CCDCF0 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9DBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9DBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCE2

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCE2	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.064 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0eb',
    500: '#9dbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbce2;
$custom-light: #bbd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.043,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCE2

secondary

#EFE6DC

accent

#7B24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCE2

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

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