#9BB2BE#9BB2BE

#9BB2BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.031 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB2BE
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -5.31, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 10.24, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0196 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.031 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7298, 42.5260, 54.8730)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB2BE #BEA79B

analogous

#9BBEB8 #9BB2BE #9BA1BE

triadic

#9BB2BE #BE9BB2 #B2BE9B

tetradic

#9BB2BE #B89BBE #BEA79B #A1BE9B

square

#9BB2BE #B89BBE #BEA79B #A1BE9B

split-complementary

#9BB2BE #BE9BA1 #BEB89B

monochromatic

#587787 #7695A6 #9BB2BE #C0CFD6 #E5EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9BB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#9BB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB2BE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB2BE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.031 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d1',
    500: '#9bb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb2be;
$custom-light: #b9c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.03075,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB2BE

secondary

#E0D9D5

accent

#6546A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB2BE

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

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