#9BB3BC#9BB3BC

#9BB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.029 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3BC
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -6.29, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 9.67, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0217 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.029 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7124, 42.8386, 53.7962)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3BC #BCA49B

analogous

#9BBCB5 #9BB3BC #9BA3BC

triadic

#9BB3BC #BC9BB3 #B3BC9B

tetradic

#9BB3BC #B59BBC #BCA49B #A3BC9B

square

#9BB3BC #B59BBC #BCA49B #A3BC9B

split-complementary

#9BB3BC #BC9BA3 #BCB59B

monochromatic

#597884 #7697A3 #9BB3BC #C0CFD5 #E4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9BB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#9BB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3BC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3BC	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.029 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d0',
    500: '#9bb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3bc;
$custom-light: #b9c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.02946,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3BC

secondary

#DFD7D4

accent

#5F479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3BC

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

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