#9BB2C8#9BB2C8

#9BB2C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.041 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB2C8
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -3.07, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 14.13, 257.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0158 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.041 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8605, 42.9783, 60.8279)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB2C8 #C8B19B

analogous

#9BC8C7 #9BB2C8 #9B9CC8

triadic

#9BB2C8 #C89BB2 #B2C89B

tetradic

#9BB2C8 #C79BC8 #C8B19B #9CC89B

square

#9BB2C8 #C79BC8 #C8B19B #9CC89B

split-complementary

#9BB2C8 #C89B9C #C8C79B

monochromatic

#537596 #7494B2 #9BB2C8 #C2D0DE #EAEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9BB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#9BB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB2C8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB2C8	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.041 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d8',
    500: '#9bb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb2c8;
$custom-light: #b9c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75337,
    "c": 0.04071,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB2C8

secondary

#E6DFD9

accent

#723EA8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB2C8

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

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