#9DB3BB#9DB3BB

#9DB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3BB
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -5.86, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 8.84, 228.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0201 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9921, 42.9952, 53.2486)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3BB #BBA59D

analogous

#9DBBB4 #9DB3BB #9DA4BB

triadic

#9DB3BB #BB9DB3 #B3BB9D

tetradic

#9DB3BB #B49DBB #BBA59D #A4BB9D

square

#9DB3BB #B49DBB #BBA59D #A4BB9D

split-complementary

#9DB3BB #BB9DA4 #BBB49D

monochromatic

#5B7883 #7997A2 #9DB3BB #C1CFD4 #E5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9DB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#9DB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3BB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3BB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9cf',
    500: '#9db3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3bb;
$custom-light: #bac9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.0269,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3BB

secondary

#DFD8D5

accent

#5F499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3BB

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

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