#9FBCDC#9FBCDC

#9FBCDC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.056 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCDC
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -2.59, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 19.41, 262.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0181 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.056 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1958, 48.5030, 74.6770)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCDC #DCBF9F

analogous

#9FDBDC #9FBCDC #A19FDC

triadic

#9FBCDC #DC9FBC #BCDC9F

tetradic

#9FBCDC #DC9FDB #DCBF9F #9FDCA1

square

#9FBCDC #DC9FDB #DCBF9F #9FDCA1

split-complementary

#9FBCDC #DCA19F #DBDC9F

monochromatic

#457DBB #729DCC #9FBCDC #CCDBEC #E9EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9FBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#9FBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCDC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCDC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.056 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0e7',
    500: '#9fbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbcdc;
$custom-light: #bcd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.475,
    "s": 46.565,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.05567,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCDC

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#762CBA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCDC

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

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