#9FBCDB#9FBCDB

#9FBCDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.054 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCDB
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(211, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -2.82, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 18.96, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0184 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.054 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0638, 48.4502, 73.9816)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCDB #DBBE9F

analogous

#9FDADB #9FBCDB #A09FDB

triadic

#9FBCDB #DB9FBC #BCDB9F

tetradic

#9FBCDB #DB9FDA #DBBE9F #9FDBA0

square

#9FBCDB #DB9FDA #DBBE9F #9FDBA0

split-complementary

#9FBCDB #DBA09F #DADB9F

monochromatic

#467EBA #729DCA #9FBCDB #CCDBEC #E9EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9FBCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#9FBCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCDB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCDB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.054 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0e6',
    500: '#9fbcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcdb;
$custom-light: #bcd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78415,
    "c": 0.05449,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCDB

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#752DB9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCDB

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

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