#9FBCD9#9FBCD9

#9FBCD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.052 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCD9
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(210, 43%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -3.30, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 18.06, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0191 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.052 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8021, 48.3455, 72.6032)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCD9 #D9BC9F

analogous

#9FD9D9 #9FBCD9 #9F9FD9

triadic

#9FBCD9 #D99FBC #BCD99F

tetradic

#9FBCD9 #D99FD9 #D9BC9F #9FD99F

square

#9FBCD9 #D99FD9 #D9BC9F #9FD99F

split-complementary

#9FBCD9 #D99F9F #D9D99F

monochromatic

#487FB6 #739DC8 #9FBCD9 #CBDBEA #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9FBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#9FBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCD9

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCD9	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.052 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0e4',
    500: '#9fbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcd9;
$custom-light: #bcd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 43.284,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.05217,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCD9

secondary

#EDE6DE

accent

#732FB6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCD9

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

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