#9BB3BA#9BB3BA

#9BB3BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.028 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3BA
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -6.72, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 9.23, 223.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0225 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.028 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4983, 42.7529, 52.6686)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3BA #BAA29B

analogous

#9BBAB2 #9BB3BA #9BA4BA

triadic

#9BB3BA #BA9BB3 #B3BA9B

tetradic

#9BB3BA #B29BBA #BAA29B #A4BA9B

square

#9BB3BA #B29BBA #BAA29B #A4BA9B

split-complementary

#9BB3BA #BA9BA4 #BAB29B

monochromatic

#597881 #7797A1 #9BB3BA #BFCFD3 #E3EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9BB3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#9BB3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3BA

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3BA	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.028 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c9ce',
    500: '#9bb3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3ba;
$custom-light: #b8c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 18.343,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.0283,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3BA

secondary

#DDD6D3

accent

#5C499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3BA

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

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