#9BB4BC#9BB4BC

#9BB4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.030 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB4BC
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -6.82, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 9.73, 225.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0231 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.03 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9135, 43.2409, 53.8633)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB4BC #BCA39B

analogous

#9BBCB3 #9BB4BC #9BA4BC

triadic

#9BB4BC #BC9BB4 #B4BC9B

tetradic

#9BB4BC #B39BBC #BCA39B #A4BC9B

square

#9BB4BC #B39BBC #BCA39B #A4BC9B

split-complementary

#9BB4BC #BC9BA4 #BCB39B

monochromatic

#597A84 #7699A3 #9BB4BC #C0CFD5 #E4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9BB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#9BB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB4BC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB4BC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.030 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cad0',
    500: '#9bb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb4bc;
$custom-light: #b9cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.0298,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB4BC

secondary

#DFD7D4

accent

#5C479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB4BC

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

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