#9CB3CD#9CB3CD

#9CB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.045 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB3CD
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -2.15, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 15.92, 262.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0143 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.045 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8468, 43.7146, 64.0314)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB3CD #CDB69C

analogous

#9CCBCD #9CB3CD #9D9CCD

triadic

#9CB3CD #CD9CB3 #B3CD9C

tetradic

#9CB3CD #CD9CCB #CDB69C #9CCD9D

square

#9CB3CD #CD9CCB #CDB69C #9CCD9D

split-complementary

#9CB3CD #CD9D9C #CBCD9C

monochromatic

#50759F #7394B8 #9CB3CD #C5D2E2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9CB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#9CB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB3CD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB3CD	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.045 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9dc',
    500: '#9cb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb3cd;
$custom-light: #bac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.837,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75798,
    "c": 0.04532,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB3CD

secondary

#E9E3DC

accent

#763AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB3CD

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

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