#9FCBDB#9FCBDB

#9FCBDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.051 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCBDB
RGB	rgb(159, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -10.77, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 16.62, 229.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0382 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.051 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4363, 55.1952, 75.1057)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCBDB #DBAF9F

analogous

#9FDBCD #9FCBDB #9FADDB

triadic

#9FCBDB #DB9FCB #CBDB9F

tetradic

#9FCBDB #CD9FDB #DBAF9F #ADDB9F

square

#9FCBDB #CD9FDB #DBAF9F #ADDB9F

split-complementary

#9FCBDB #DB9FAD #DBCD9F

monochromatic

#469BBA #72B3CA #9FCBDB #CCE3EC #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9FCBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9FCBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCBDB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCBDB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CD0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.051 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdae6',
    500: '#9fcbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcbdb;
$custom-light: #bcdae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81609,
    "c": 0.05144,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCBDB

secondary

#B37E6B

accent

#522DB9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCBDB

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

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