#9BADBC#9BADBC

#9BADBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.030 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BADBC
RGBrgb(155, 173, 188)
HSLhsl(207, 20%, 67%)
HSVhsv(207, 18%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(17.6%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.81, -3.05, -9.77)
CIE-LCHlch(69.81, 10.24, 252.65°)
OKLaboklab(73.85% -0.0133 -0.0264)
OKLCHoklch(73.85% 0.03 243.2)
XYZxyz(37.5359, 40.4857, 53.4041)
Luminance0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9BADBC #BCAA9B
analogous
#9BBCBA #9BADBC #9B9DBC
triadic
#9BADBC #BC9BAD #ADBC9B
tetradic
#9BADBC #BA9BBC #BCAA9B #9DBC9B
square
#9BADBC #BA9BBC #BCAA9B #9DBC9B
split-complementary
#9BADBC #BC9B9D #BCBA9B
monochromatic
#597084 #768FA3 #9BADBC #C0CBD5 #E4E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#9BADBC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#9BADBC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BADBC
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BADBC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BADBC1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7ADBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3A9BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#92B1B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9badbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.030 243.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c5d0',
    500: '#9badbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9badbc;
$custom-light: #b8c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9badbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.02961,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BADBC
secondary
#DFD9D4
accent
#6F479E
background
#FBFCFC
surface
#F6F8F9
border
#D0D1D2
text
#111214
muted
#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BADBC

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

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#9BADBC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva