#9BB3CD#9BB3CD

#9BB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.046 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB3CD
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -2.46, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 16.07, 261.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0153 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.046 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6541, 43.6152, 64.0224)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB3CD #CDB59B

analogous

#9BCCCD #9BB3CD #9C9BCD

triadic

#9BB3CD #CD9BB3 #B3CD9B

tetradic

#9BB3CD #CD9BCC #CDB59B #9BCD9C

square

#9BB3CD #CD9BCC #CDB59B #9BCD9C

split-complementary

#9BB3CD #CD9C9B #CCCD9B

monochromatic

#4F759E #7294B9 #9BB3CD #C4D2E1 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9BB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9BB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB3CD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB3CD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.046 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9dc',
    500: '#9bb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb3cd;
$custom-light: #b9c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.04594,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB3CD

secondary

#E9E2DB

accent

#7539AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB3CD

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

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