#9CB4CD#9CB4CD

#9CB4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.045 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB4CD
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -2.69, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 15.60, 260.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0157 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.045 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0480, 44.1169, 64.0985)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB4CD #CDB59C

analogous

#9CCCCD #9CB4CD #9C9CCD

triadic

#9CB4CD #CD9CB4 #B4CD9C

tetradic

#9CB4CD #CD9CCC #CDB59C #9CCD9C

square

#9CB4CD #CD9CCC #CDB59C #9CCD9C

split-complementary

#9CB4CD #CD9C9C #CCCD9C

monochromatic

#50769F #7395B8 #9CB4CD #C5D3E2 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9CB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#9CB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB4CD

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB4CD	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.045 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacadc',
    500: '#9cb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb4cd;
$custom-light: #bacadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB4CD

secondary

#E9E3DC

accent

#743AAC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB4CD

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

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