#9BB5CC#9BB5CC

#9BB5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.044 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5CC
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -3.77, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 15.05, 255.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0184 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.044 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9375, 44.3746, 63.5233)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5CC #CCB29B

analogous

#9BCCCA #9BB5CC #9B9CCC

triadic

#9BB5CC #CC9BB5 #B5CC9B

tetradic

#9BB5CC #CA9BCC #CCB29B #9CCC9B

square

#9BB5CC #CA9BCC #CCB29B #9CCC9B

split-complementary

#9BB5CC #CC9B9C #CCCA9B

monochromatic

#50799D #7297B7 #9BB5CC #C4D3E1 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9BB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9BB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5CC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5CC	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.044 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbdb',
    500: '#9bb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5cc;
$custom-light: #b9cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76117,
    "c": 0.04375,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5CC

secondary

#E8E1DB

accent

#6F3AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5CC

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

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