#9DB4BD#9DB4BD

#9DB4BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.028 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB4BD
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -5.96, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 9.37, 230.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0207 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.028 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4088, 43.4837, 54.4511)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB4BD #BDA69D

analogous

#9DBDB6 #9DB4BD #9DA4BD

triadic

#9DB4BD #BD9DB4 #B4BD9D

tetradic

#9DB4BD #B69DBD #BDA69D #A4BD9D

square

#9DB4BD #B69DBD #BDA69D #A4BD9D

split-complementary

#9DB4BD #BD9DA4 #BDB69D

monochromatic

#5A7986 #7898A4 #9DB4BD #C2D0D6 #E6ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9DB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#9DB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB4BD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB4BD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.028 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacad0',
    500: '#9db4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db4bd;
$custom-light: #bacad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.02848,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB4BD

secondary

#E0D9D6

accent

#60489E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB4BD

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

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