#9BBDCD#9BBDCD

#9BBDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.043 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDCD
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -7.82, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 14.17, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0288 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.043 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7314, 47.7700, 64.7148)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDCD #CDAB9B

analogous

#9BCDC4 #9BBDCD #9BA4CD

triadic

#9BBDCD #CD9BBD #BDCD9B

tetradic

#9BBDCD #C49BCD #CDAB9B #A4CD9B

square

#9BBDCD #C49BCD #CDAB9B #A4CD9B

split-complementary

#9BBDCD #CD9BA4 #CDC49B

monochromatic

#4F859E #72A2B9 #9BBDCD #C4D8E1 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#9BBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDCD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDCD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.043 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0dc',
    500: '#9bbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdcd;
$custom-light: #b9d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.04319,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDCD

secondary

#E9DFDB

accent

#5E39AC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDCD

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

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