#9BBDC6#9BBDC6

#9BBDC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.039 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDC6
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(193, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -9.41, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 12.55, 221.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0315 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.039 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9053, 47.4395, 60.3639)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDC6 #C6A49B

analogous

#9BC6BA #9BBDC6 #9BA8C6

triadic

#9BBDC6 #C69BBD #BDC69B

tetradic

#9BBDC6 #BA9BC6 #C6A49B #A8C69B

square

#9BBDC6 #BA9BC6 #C6A49B #A8C69B

split-complementary

#9BBDC6 #C69BA8 #C6BA9B

monochromatic

#548693 #74A3B0 #9BBDC6 #C2D7DC #E9F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9BBDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#9BBDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDC6

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDC6	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.039 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0d7',
    500: '#9bbdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdc6;
$custom-light: #b9d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 27.389,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.0388,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDC6

secondary

#E5DBD8

accent

#5540A6

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#111414

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDC6

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

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