#9CB3BB#9CB3BB

#9CB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.028 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB3BB
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -6.18, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 9.14, 227.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0211 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.028 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7977, 42.8950, 53.2395)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB3BB #BBA49C

analogous

#9CBBB4 #9CB3BB #9CA4BB

triadic

#9CB3BB #BB9CB3 #B3BB9C

tetradic

#9CB3BB #B49CBB #BBA49C #A4BB9C

square

#9CB3BB #B49CBB #BBA49C #A4BB9C

split-complementary

#9CB3BB #BB9CA4 #BBB49C

monochromatic

#5A7883 #7897A2 #9CB3BB #C0CFD4 #E5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#9CB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB3BB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB3BB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.028 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9cf',
    500: '#9cb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb3bb;
$custom-light: #b9c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75178,
    "c": 0.02788,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB3BB

secondary

#DED7D5

accent

#5E499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB3BB

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

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