#9CB5CB#9CB5CB

#9CB5CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.042 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB5CB
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -3.70, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 14.44, 255.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0178 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.042 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0107, 44.4262, 62.9027)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB5CB #CBB29C

analogous

#9CCBC9 #9CB5CB #9C9DCB

triadic

#9CB5CB #CB9CB5 #B5CB9C

tetradic

#9CB5CB #C99CCB #CBB29C #9DCB9C

square

#9CB5CB #C99CCB #CBB29C #9DCB9C

split-complementary

#9CB5CB #CB9C9D #CBC99C

monochromatic

#51799B #7497B6 #9CB5CB #C4D3E0 #EBF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#9CB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB5CB

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB5CB	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.042 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbda',
    500: '#9cb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb5cb;
$custom-light: #bacbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.04196,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB5CB

secondary

#E8E1DB

accent

#6F3CAA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#111314

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB5CB

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

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