#9CB2BB#9CB2BB

#9CB2BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.028 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2BB
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -5.65, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 9.10, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0197 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.028 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5980, 42.4956, 53.1729)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2BB #BBA59C

analogous

#9CBBB5 #9CB2BB #9CA3BB

triadic

#9CB2BB #BB9CB2 #B2BB9C

tetradic

#9CB2BB #B59CBB #BBA59C #A3BB9C

square

#9CB2BB #B59CBB #BBA59C #A3BB9C

split-complementary

#9CB2BB #BB9CA3 #BBB59C

monochromatic

#5A7783 #7896A2 #9CB2BB #C0CED4 #E5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CB2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#9CB2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2BB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2BB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.028 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9cf',
    500: '#9cb2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2bb;
$custom-light: #b9c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.02758,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2BB

secondary

#DED7D5

accent

#61499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2BB

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

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