#9CB2C8#9CB2C8

#9CB2C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.040 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB2C8
RGB	rgb(156, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -2.76, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 13.96, 258.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0148 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.04 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0532, 43.0777, 60.8369)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB2C8 #C8B29C

analogous

#9CC8C8 #9CB2C8 #9C9CC8

triadic

#9CB2C8 #C89CB2 #B2C89C

tetradic

#9CB2C8 #C89CC8 #C8B29C #9CC89C

square

#9CB2C8 #C89CC8 #C8B29C #9CC89C

split-complementary

#9CB2C8 #C89C9C #C8C89C

monochromatic

#537596 #7593B2 #9CB2C8 #C3D1DE #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9CB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#9CB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB2C8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB2C8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.040 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9d8',
    500: '#9cb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb2c8;
$custom-light: #b9c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.04003,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB2C8

secondary

#E6E0DA

accent

#733EA7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB2C8

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

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