#9DB3BF#9DB3BF

#9DB3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.030 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB3BF
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -4.99, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 9.98, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0185 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.03 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4263, 43.1689, 55.5353)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB3BF #BFA99D

analogous

#9DBFBA #9DB3BF #9DA2BF

triadic

#9DB3BF #BF9DB3 #B3BF9D

tetradic

#9DB3BF #BA9DBF #BFA99D #A2BF9D

square

#9DB3BF #BA9DBF #BFA99D #A2BF9D

split-complementary

#9DB3BF #BF9DA2 #BFBA9D

monochromatic

#597888 #7896A7 #9DB3BF #C2D0D7 #E7ECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9DB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#9DB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB3BF

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB3BF	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.030 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac9d2',
    500: '#9db3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db3bf;
$custom-light: #bac9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.02985,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB3BF

secondary

#E1DAD7

accent

#66469F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB3BF

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

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