#9CB4BC#9CB4BC

#9CB4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.029 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4BC
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -6.50, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 9.43, 226.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0221 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.029 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1063, 43.3403, 53.8723)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4BC #BCA49C

analogous

#9CBCB4 #9CB4BC #9CA4BC

triadic

#9CB4BC #BC9CB4 #B4BC9C

tetradic

#9CB4BC #B49CBC #BCA49C #A4BC9C

square

#9CB4BC #B49CBC #BCA49C #A4BC9C

split-complementary

#9CB4BC #BC9CA4 #BCB49C

monochromatic

#597984 #7898A3 #9CB4BC #C0D0D5 #E5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9CB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#9CB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4BC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4BC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.029 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cad0',
    500: '#9cb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4bc;
$custom-light: #b9cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.02882,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4BC

secondary

#DFD7D5

accent

#5D489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4BC

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

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