#9DBCE7#9DBCE7

#9DBCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.070 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBCE7
RGB	rgb(157, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -0.49, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 24.83, 268.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0162 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.07 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3074, 48.9021, 82.5849)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBCE7 #E7C89D

analogous

#9DE1E7 #9DBCE7 #A39DE7

triadic

#9DBCE7 #E79DBC #BCE79D

tetradic

#9DBCE7 #E79DE1 #E7C89D #9DE7A3

square

#9DBCE7 #E79DE1 #E7C89D #9DE7A3

split-complementary

#9DBCE7 #E7A39D #E1E79D

monochromatic

#3B79CF #6C9ADB #9DBCE7 #CEDEF3 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9DBCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#9DBCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBCE7

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBCE7	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.070 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0ee',
    500: '#9dbce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbce7;
$custom-light: #bbd0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.865,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7874,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBCE7

secondary

#F0E7DB

accent

#811DC8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBCE7

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

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