#9BBBC5#9BBBC5

#9BBBC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.037 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBBC5
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -8.57, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 12.16, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0292 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.037 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3631, 46.5390, 59.6161)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBBC5 #C5A59B

analogous

#9BC5BA #9BBBC5 #9BA6C5

triadic

#9BBBC5 #C59BBB #BBC59B

tetradic

#9BBBC5 #BA9BC5 #C5A59B #A6C59B

square

#9BBBC5 #BA9BC5 #C5A59B #A6C59B

split-complementary

#9BBBC5 #C59BA6 #C5BA9B

monochromatic

#548391 #74A1AF #9BBBC5 #C2D5DB #E8F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9BBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#9BBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBBC5

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBBC5	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)

#B4B9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.037 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cfd6',
    500: '#9bbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbbc5;
$custom-light: #b9cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77164,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBBC5

secondary

#E4DBD8

accent

#5840A5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBBC5

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

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