#9BBDCE#9BBDCE

#9BBDCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.044 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDCE
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -7.59, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 14.46, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0285 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.044 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8525, 47.8184, 65.3526)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDCE #CEAC9B

analogous

#9BCEC5 #9BBDCE #9BA3CE

triadic

#9BBDCE #CE9BBD #BDCE9B

tetradic

#9BBDCE #C59BCE #CEAC9B #A3CE9B

square

#9BBDCE #C59BCE #CEAC9B #A3CE9B

split-complementary

#9BBDCE #CE9BA3 #CEC59B

monochromatic

#4E85A0 #72A2BA #9BBDCE #C4D8E2 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#9BBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDCE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDCE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.044 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d0dd',
    500: '#9bbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbdce;
$custom-light: #b9d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77899,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDCE

secondary

#E9E0DC

accent

#5F38AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDCE

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

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