#9BB9DB#9BB9DB

#9BB9DB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.059 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB9DB
RGB	rgb(155, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -2.38, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 20.51, 263.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0184 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.059 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6490, 46.7793, 73.7336)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB9DB #DBBD9B

analogous

#9BD9DB #9BB9DB #9D9BDB

triadic

#9BB9DB #DB9BB9 #B9DB9B

tetradic

#9BB9DB #DB9BD9 #DBBD9B #9BDB9D

square

#9BB9DB #DB9BD9 #DBBD9B #9BDB9D

split-complementary

#9BB9DB #DB9D9B #D9DB9B

monochromatic

#437AB9 #6E99CB #9BB9DB #C8D8EB #E8EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9BB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9BB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB9DB

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB9DB	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.059 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacee6',
    500: '#9bb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb9db;
$custom-light: #bacee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77516,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB9DB

secondary

#EEE6DD

accent

#772BBA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB9DB

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

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