#9BBDCF#9BBDCF

#9BBDCF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.045 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBDCF
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(201, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -7.36, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 14.77, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0281 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.045 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9744, 47.8671, 65.9944)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBDCF #CFAD9B

analogous

#9BCFC7 #9BBDCF #9BA3CF

triadic

#9BBDCF #CF9BBD #BDCF9B

tetradic

#9BBDCF #C79BCF #CFAD9B #A3CF9B

square

#9BBDCF #C79BCF #CFAD9B #A3CF9B

split-complementary

#9BBDCF #CF9BA3 #CFC79B

monochromatic

#4E85A2 #72A2BB #9BBDCF #C4D8E3 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9BBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#9BBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBDCF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBDCF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.045 231.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77934,
    "c": 0.04478,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBDCF

secondary

#EAE1DC

accent

#6138AE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBDCF

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

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