#9CB5CC#9CB5CC

#9CB5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.043 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB5CC
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -3.46, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 14.87, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0174 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.043 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1303, 44.4740, 63.5323)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB5CC #CCB39C

analogous

#9CCCCB #9CB5CC #9C9DCC

triadic

#9CB5CC #CC9CB5 #B5CC9C

tetradic

#9CB5CC #CB9CCC #CCB39C #9DCC9C

square

#9CB5CC #CB9CCC #CCB39C #9DCC9C

split-complementary

#9CB5CC #CC9C9D #CCCB9C

monochromatic

#51789D #7497B7 #9CB5CC #C4D3E1 #EBF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#9CB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB5CC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB5CC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.043 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbdb',
    500: '#9cb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb5cc;
$custom-light: #bacbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.04306,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB5CC

secondary

#E8E2DB

accent

#703BAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB5CC

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

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