#9BB3BF#9BB3BF

#9BB3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.032 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3BF
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(200, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -5.63, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 10.50, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0206 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.032 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0392, 42.9693, 55.5172)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3BF #BFA79B

analogous

#9BBFB9 #9BB3BF #9BA1BF

triadic

#9BB3BF #BF9BB3 #B3BF9B

tetradic

#9BB3BF #B99BBF #BFA79B #A1BF9B

square

#9BB3BF #B99BBF #BFA79B #A1BF9B

split-complementary

#9BB3BF #BF9BA1 #BFB99B

monochromatic

#577888 #7697A7 #9BB3BF #C0CFD7 #E6ECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9BB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#9BB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3BF

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3BF	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.032 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d2',
    500: '#9bb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3bf;
$custom-light: #b9c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3BF

secondary

#E0D9D5

accent

#6445A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3BF

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

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