#9BB9CD#9BB9CD

#9BB9CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.043 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9CD
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -5.69, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 14.60, 247.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0235 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.043 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8828, 46.0728, 64.4320)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9CD #CDAF9B

analogous

#9BCDC8 #9BB9CD #9BA0CD

triadic

#9BB9CD #CD9BB9 #B9CD9B

tetradic

#9BB9CD #C89BCD #CDAF9B #A0CD9B

square

#9BB9CD #C89BCD #CDAF9B #A0CD9B

split-complementary

#9BB9CD #CD9BA0 #CDC89B

monochromatic

#4F7F9E #729CB9 #9BB9CD #C4D6E1 #EBF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9CD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9CD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.043 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cedc',
    500: '#9bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9cd;
$custom-light: #b9cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77006,
    "c": 0.04348,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9CD

secondary

#E9E1DB

accent

#6739AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9CD

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

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