#9BB5BC#9BB5BC

#9BB5BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.030 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5BC
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(193, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -7.36, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 9.84, 221.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0245 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.03 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1161, 43.6461, 53.9308)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5BC #BCA29B

analogous

#9BBCB2 #9BB5BC #9BA5BC

triadic

#9BB5BC #BC9BB5 #B5BC9B

tetradic

#9BB5BC #B29BBC #BCA29B #A5BC9B

square

#9BB5BC #B29BBC #BCA29B #A5BC9B

split-complementary

#9BB5BC #BC9BA5 #BCB29B

monochromatic

#597B84 #769AA3 #9BB5BC #C0D0D5 #E4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9BB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9BB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5BC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5BC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.030 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbd0',
    500: '#9bb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5bc;
$custom-light: #b9cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.03024,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5BC

secondary

#DFD6D4

accent

#5A479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5BC

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

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