#9FBCD6#9FBCD6

#9FBCD6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.049 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCD6
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -4.00, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 16.76, 256.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0202 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.049 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4154, 48.1908, 70.5669)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCD6 #D6B99F

analogous

#9FD6D4 #9FBCD6 #9FA0D6

triadic

#9FBCD6 #D69FBC #BCD69F

tetradic

#9FBCD6 #D49FD6 #D6B99F #A0D69F

square

#9FBCD6 #D49FD6 #D6B99F #A0D69F

split-complementary

#9FBCD6 #D69FA0 #D6D49F

monochromatic

#4B80B0 #749EC4 #9FBCD6 #CADAE8 #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#9FBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCD6

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCD6	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.049 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0e2',
    500: '#9fbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcd6;
$custom-light: #bcd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 40.146,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78233,
    "c": 0.04881,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCD6

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6F32B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCD6

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

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