#9BBCD6#9BBCD6

#9BBCD6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.052 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCD6
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(206, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -5.19, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 17.47, 252.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0242 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.052 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6348, 47.7883, 70.5303)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCD6 #D6B59B

analogous

#9BD6D3 #9BBCD6 #9B9ED6

triadic

#9BBCD6 #D69BBC #BCD69B

tetradic

#9BBCD6 #D39BD6 #D6B59B #9ED69B

square

#9BBCD6 #D39BD6 #D6B59B #9ED69B

split-complementary

#9BBCD6 #D69B9E #D6D39B

monochromatic

#4881AF #709FC4 #9BBCD6 #C6D9E8 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#9BBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCD6

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCD6	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.052 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0e2',
    500: '#9bbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcd6;
$custom-light: #b9d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 41.844,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77968,
    "c": 0.0516,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCD6

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#6B31B5

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCD6

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

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