#9FBCDD#9FBCDD

#9FBCDD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.057 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBCDD
RGB	rgb(159, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(212, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -2.35, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 19.87, 263.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0177 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.057 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3287, 48.5561, 75.3765)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBCDD #DDC09F

analogous

#9FDBDD #9FBCDD #A19FDD

triadic

#9FBCDD #DD9FBC #BCDD9F

tetradic

#9FBCDD #DD9FDB #DDC09F #9FDDA1

square

#9FBCDD #DD9FDB #DDC09F #9FDDA1

split-complementary

#9FBCDD #DDA19F #DBDD9F

monochromatic

#457DBD #729CCD #9FBCDD #CCDCED #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9FBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#9FBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBCDD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBCDD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.057 251.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.935,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.05686,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBCDD

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#772BBB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBCDD

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

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