#9BB5BB#9BB5BB

#9BB5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.030 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5BB
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -7.58, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 9.68, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0249 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.03 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0087, 43.6031, 53.3651)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5BB #BBA19B

analogous

#9BBBB1 #9BB5BB #9BA5BB

triadic

#9BB5BB #BB9BB5 #B5BB9B

tetradic

#9BB5BB #B19BBB #BBA19B #A5BB9B

square

#9BB5BB #B19BBB #BBA19B #A5BB9B

split-complementary

#9BB5BB #BB9BA5 #BBB19B

monochromatic

#597B83 #779AA2 #9BB5BB #BFD0D4 #E4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9BB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#9BB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5BB

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5BB	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)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.030 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbcf',
    500: '#9bb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5bb;
$custom-light: #b9cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75539,
    "c": 0.0298,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5BB

secondary

#DED6D4

accent

#58489D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5BB

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

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