#9CB2BC#9CB2BC

#9CB2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.028 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2BC
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -5.43, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 9.37, 234.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0193 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.028 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7055, 42.5386, 53.7387)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2BC #BCA69C

analogous

#9CBCB6 #9CB2BC #9CA2BC

triadic

#9CB2BC #BC9CB2 #B2BC9C

tetradic

#9CB2BC #B69CBC #BCA69C #A2BC9C

square

#9CB2BC #B69CBC #BCA69C #A2BC9C

split-complementary

#9CB2BC #BC9CA2 #BCB69C

monochromatic

#597784 #7896A3 #9CB2BC #C0CED5 #E5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#9CB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2BC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2BC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.028 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d0',
    500: '#9cb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2bc;
$custom-light: #b9c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.02829,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2BC

secondary

#DFD8D5

accent

#63489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2BC

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

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