#9CB2BA#9CB2BA

#9CB2BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2BA
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -5.86, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 8.85, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0201 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4914, 42.4529, 52.6111)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2BA #BAA49C

analogous

#9CBAB3 #9CB2BA #9CA3BA

triadic

#9CB2BA #BA9CB2 #B2BA9C

tetradic

#9CB2BA #B39CBA #BAA49C #A3BA9C

square

#9CB2BA #B39CBA #BAA49C #A3BA9C

split-complementary

#9CB2BA #BA9CA3 #BAB39C

monochromatic

#5A7781 #7896A1 #9CB2BA #C0CED3 #E4EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CB2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#9CB2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2BA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2BA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9ce',
    500: '#9cb2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2ba;
$custom-light: #b9c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74931,
    "c": 0.02693,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2BA

secondary

#DED7D4

accent

#5F499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2BA

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

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