#9BB1BE#9BB1BE

#9BB1BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.031 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BB1BE
RGBrgb(155, 177, 190)
HSLhsl(202, 21%, 68%)
HSVhsv(202, 18%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(18.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.96, -4.78, -9.16)
CIE-LCHlch(70.96, 10.33, 242.47°)
OKLaboklab(74.78% -0.0182 -0.0248)
OKLCHoklch(74.78% 0.031 233.8)
XYZxyz(38.5316, 42.1295, 54.8069)
Luminance0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary
#9BB1BE #BEA89B
analogous
#9BBEB9 #9BB1BE #9B9FBE
triadic
#9BB1BE #BE9BB1 #B1BE9B
tetradic
#9BB1BE #B99BBE #BEA89B #9FBE9B
square
#9BB1BE #B99BBE #BEA89B #9FBE9B
split-complementary
#9BB1BE #BE9B9F #BEB99B
monochromatic
#587587 #7694A6 #9BB1BE #C0CED6 #E5EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#9BB1BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43
#9BB1BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB1BE
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BB1BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BB1BE1.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB0BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6ACBE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#92B5B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9bb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.031 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c8d1',
    500: '#9bb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9bb1be;
$custom-light: #b9c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9bb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.03076,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BB1BE
secondary
#E0D9D5
accent
#6746A0
background
#FBFCFC
surface
#F6F8F9
border
#D0D1D2
text
#111314
muted
#808282

Preview Lab

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#9BB1BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva