#9BBECE#9BBECE

#9BBECE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.044 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBECE
RGB	rgb(155, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -8.13, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 14.41, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0298 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.044 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0684, 48.2501, 65.4245)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBECE #CEAB9B

analogous

#9BCEC4 #9BBECE #9BA4CE

triadic

#9BBECE #CE9BBE #BECE9B

tetradic

#9BBECE #C49BCE #CEAB9B #A4CE9B

square

#9BBECE #C49BCE #CEAB9B #A4CE9B

split-complementary

#9BBECE #CE9BA4 #CEC49B

monochromatic

#4E87A0 #72A3BA #9BBECE #C4D9E2 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9BBECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9BBECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBECE

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBECE	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.044 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d1dd',
    500: '#9bbece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbece;
$custom-light: #b9d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.04402,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBECE

secondary

#E9E0DC

accent

#5D38AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBECE

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

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