#9BBACE#9BBACE

#9BBACE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.044 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBACE
RGB	rgb(155, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -6.00, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 14.80, 246.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0244 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.044 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2139, 46.5411, 65.1397)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBACE #CEAF9B

analogous

#9BCEC8 #9BBACE #9BA0CE

triadic

#9BBACE #CE9BBA #BACE9B

tetradic

#9BBACE #C89BCE #CEAF9B #A0CE9B

square

#9BBACE #C89BCE #CEAF9B #A0CE9B

split-complementary

#9BBACE #CE9BA0 #CEC89B

monochromatic

#4E80A0 #729EBA #9BBACE #C4D6E2 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9BBACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#9BBACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBACE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBACE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.044 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cedd',
    500: '#9bbace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbace;
$custom-light: #b9cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.529,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77255,
    "c": 0.04423,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBACE

secondary

#E9E1DC

accent

#6638AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBACE

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

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