#9BBDCC#9BBDCC

#9BBDCC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.042 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDCC
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -8.05, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 13.89, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0292 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.042 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6111, 47.7218, 64.0811)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDCC #CCAA9B

analogous

#9BCCC2 #9BBDCC #9BA4CC

triadic

#9BBDCC #CC9BBD #BDCC9B

tetradic

#9BBDCC #C29BCC #CCAA9B #A4CC9B

square

#9BBDCC #C29BCC #CCAA9B #A4CC9B

split-complementary

#9BBDCC #CC9BA4 #CCC29B

monochromatic

#50859D #72A2B7 #9BBDCC #C4D8E1 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#9BBDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDCC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.042 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0db',
    500: '#9bbdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdcc;
$custom-light: #b9d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.04244,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDCC

secondary

#E8DFDB

accent

#5D3AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDCC

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

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