#9DB3BC#9DB3BC

#9DB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.028 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3BC
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -5.64, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 9.09, 231.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0197 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.028 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0995, 43.0382, 53.8144)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3BC #BCA69D

analogous

#9DBCB5 #9DB3BC #9DA3BC

triadic

#9DB3BC #BC9DB3 #B3BC9D

tetradic

#9DB3BC #B59DBC #BCA69D #A3BC9D

square

#9DB3BC #B59DBC #BCA69D #A3BC9D

split-complementary

#9DB3BC #BC9DA3 #BCB59D

monochromatic

#5A7884 #7997A3 #9DB3BC #C1CFD5 #E6EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9DB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#9DB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3BC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3BC	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.028 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9d0',
    500: '#9db3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3bc;
$custom-light: #bac9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.02756,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3BC

secondary

#DFD8D6

accent

#61489D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3BC

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

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