#9FCBEC#9FCBEC

#9FCBEC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.066 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCBEC
RGB	rgb(159, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -6.72, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 22.01, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0319 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.066 241)
XYZ	xyz(50.7896, 56.1365, 87.4999)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCBEC #ECC09F

analogous

#9FECE6 #9FCBEC #9FA5EC

triadic

#9FCBEC #EC9FCB #CBEC9F

tetradic

#9FCBEC #E69FEC #ECC09F #A5EC9F

square

#9FCBEC #E69FEC #ECC09F #A5EC9F

split-complementary

#9FCBEC #EC9FA5 #ECE69F

monochromatic

#3994D8 #6CAFE2 #9FCBEC #D2E7F6 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9FCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#9FCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCBEC

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCBEC	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.066 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddaf2',
    500: '#9fcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcbec;
$custom-light: #bddaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82212,
    "c": 0.0658,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.56139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCBEC

secondary

#C89167

accent

#6617CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCBEC

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

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