#9FBCD8#9FBCD8

#9FBCD8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.051 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCD8
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 42%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 26%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -3.53, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 17.62, 258.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0195 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.051 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6724, 48.2936, 71.9203)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCD8 #D8BB9F

analogous

#9FD8D7 #9FBCD8 #9F9FD8

triadic

#9FBCD8 #D89FBC #BCD89F

tetradic

#9FBCD8 #D79FD8 #D8BB9F #9FD89F

square

#9FBCD8 #D79FD8 #D8BB9F #9FD89F

split-complementary

#9FBCD8 #D89F9F #D8D79F

monochromatic

#497FB4 #739EC6 #9FBCD8 #CBDAEA #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9FBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCD8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCD8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.051 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0e4',
    500: '#9fbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcd8;
$custom-light: #bcd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.05104,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCD8

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#7230B5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCD8

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

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