#9BB3BB#9BB3BB

#9BB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.029 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3BB
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -6.51, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 9.44, 226.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0221 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.029 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6050, 42.7956, 53.2305)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3BB #BBA39B

analogous

#9BBBB3 #9BB3BB #9BA3BB

triadic

#9BB3BB #BB9BB3 #B3BB9B

tetradic

#9BB3BB #B39BBB #BBA39B #A3BB9B

square

#9BB3BB #B39BBB #BBA39B #A3BB9B

split-complementary

#9BB3BB #BB9BA3 #BBB39B

monochromatic

#597883 #7797A2 #9BB3BB #BFCFD4 #E4EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9BB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#9BB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3BB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3BB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.029 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c9cf',
    500: '#9bb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3bb;
$custom-light: #b8c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3BB

secondary

#DED6D4

accent

#5D489D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3BB

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

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