#9BAABC#9BAABC

#9BAABC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.031 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAABC
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(213, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -1.42, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 11.07, 262.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0091 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.031 253)
XYZ	xyz(36.9671, 39.3481, 53.2145)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAABC #BCAD9B

analogous

#9BBABC #9BAABC #9D9BBC

triadic

#9BAABC #BC9BAA #AABC9B

tetradic

#9BAABC #BC9BBA #BCAD9B #9BBC9D

square

#9BAABC #BC9BBA #BCAD9B #9BBC9D

split-complementary

#9BAABC #BC9D9B #BABC9B

monochromatic

#596C84 #768BA3 #9BAABC #C0C9D5 #E4E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9BAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9BAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAABC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAABC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.031 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c3d0',
    500: '#9baabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baabc;
$custom-light: #b8c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.0311,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAABC

secondary

#DFDAD4

accent

#77479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111214

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAABC

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

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