#9BBDCB#9BBDCB

#9BBDCB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.042 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDCB
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -8.28, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 13.62, 232.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0296 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.042 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4916, 47.6740, 63.4515)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDCB #CBA99B

analogous

#9BCBC1 #9BBDCB #9BA5CB

triadic

#9BBDCB #CB9BBD #BDCB9B

tetradic

#9BBDCB #C19BCB #CBA99B #A5CB9B

square

#9BBDCB #C19BCB #CBA99B #A5CB9B

split-complementary

#9BBDCB #CB9BA5 #CBC19B

monochromatic

#51859B #73A2B6 #9BBDCB #C3D8E0 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#9BBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDCB

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDCB	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.042 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0da',
    500: '#9bbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdcb;
$custom-light: #b9d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.04173,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDCB

secondary

#E8DEDA

accent

#5C3BAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#111414

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDCB

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

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