#9BBCD9#9BBCD9

#9BBCD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.055 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBCD9
RGB	rgb(155, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(208, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -4.48, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 18.71, 256.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0231 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.055 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0215, 47.9430, 72.5666)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBCD9 #D9B89B

analogous

#9BD9D7 #9BBCD9 #9B9DD9

triadic

#9BBCD9 #D99BBC #BCD99B

tetradic

#9BBCD9 #D79BD9 #D9B89B #9DD99B

square

#9BBCD9 #D79BD9 #D9B89B #9DD99B

split-complementary

#9BBCD9 #D99B9D #D9D79B

monochromatic

#4580B5 #6F9EC8 #9BBCD9 #C7DAEA #E9F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9BBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#9BBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBCD9

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBCD9	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.055 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0e4',
    500: '#9bbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbcd9;
$custom-light: #b9d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78077,
    "c": 0.05481,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBCD9

secondary

#EEE5DD

accent

#6E2DB8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBCD9

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

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