#9DB2BD#9DB2BD

#9DB2BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.028 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB2BD
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -4.89, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 9.41, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0179 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.028 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0080, 42.6821, 54.3175)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB2BD #BDA89D

analogous

#9DBDB8 #9DB2BD #9DA2BD

triadic

#9DB2BD #BD9DB2 #B2BD9D

tetradic

#9DB2BD #B89DBD #BDA89D #A2BD9D

square

#9DB2BD #B89DBD #BDA89D #A2BD9D

split-complementary

#9DB2BD #BD9DA2 #BDB89D

monochromatic

#5A7786 #7895A4 #9DB2BD #C2CFD6 #E6EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9DB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#9DB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB2BD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB2BD	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.028 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9d0',
    500: '#9db2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db2bd;
$custom-light: #bac9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.02816,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB2BD

secondary

#E0D9D6

accent

#65489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB2BD

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

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