#9BB1BF#9BB1BF

#9BB1BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.032 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB1BF
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(203, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -4.56, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 10.69, 244.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0178 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.032 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6412, 42.1734, 55.3845)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB1BF #BFA99B

analogous

#9BBFBB #9BB1BF #9B9FBF

triadic

#9BB1BF #BF9BB1 #B1BF9B

tetradic

#9BB1BF #BB9BBF #BFA99B #9FBF9B

square

#9BB1BF #BB9BBF #BFA99B #9FBF9B

split-complementary

#9BB1BF #BF9B9F #BFBB9B

monochromatic

#577588 #7694A7 #9BB1BF #C0CED7 #E6EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9BB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#9BB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB1BF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB1BF	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)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.032 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c8d2',
    500: '#9bb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb1bf;
$custom-light: #b9c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74811,
    "c": 0.03167,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB1BF

secondary

#E0DAD5

accent

#6945A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB1BF

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

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