#9BB5CD#9BB5CD

#9BB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.045 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB5CD
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -3.54, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 15.48, 256.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.018 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.045 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0578, 44.4227, 64.1570)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB5CD #CDB39B

analogous

#9BCDCC #9BB5CD #9B9CCD

triadic

#9BB5CD #CD9BB5 #B5CD9B

tetradic

#9BB5CD #CC9BCD #CDB39B #9CCD9B

square

#9BB5CD #CC9BCD #CDB39B #9CCD9B

split-complementary

#9BB5CD #CD9B9C #CDCC9B

monochromatic

#4F789E #7297B9 #9BB5CD #C4D3E1 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9BB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9BB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB5CD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB5CD	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.045 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cbdc',
    500: '#9bb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb5cd;
$custom-light: #b9cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB5CD

secondary

#E9E2DB

accent

#7039AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB5CD

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

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