#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
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -4.78, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 10.33, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0182 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.031 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5316, 42.1295, 54.8069)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##9BB1BE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9BB1BE

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

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