#9BB9BF#9BB9BF

#9BB9BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.034 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9BF
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(190, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -8.83, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 10.92, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0289 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.034 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2679, 45.4268, 55.9267)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9BF #BFA19B

analogous

#9BBFB3 #9BB9BF #9BA7BF

triadic

#9BB9BF #BF9BB9 #B9BF9B

tetradic

#9BB9BF #B39BBF #BFA19B #A7BF9B

square

#9BB9BF #B39BBF #BFA19B #A7BF9B

split-complementary

#9BB9BF #BF9BA7 #BFB39B

monochromatic

#578088 #769FA7 #9BB9BF #C0D3D7 #E6EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9BB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#9BB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9BF

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9BF	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.034 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ced2',
    500: '#9bb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9bf;
$custom-light: #b9ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76535,
    "c": 0.03371,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9BF

secondary

#E0D7D5

accent

#5445A0

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9BF

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

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