#9DB5BB#9DB5BB

#9DB5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.028 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB5BB
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -6.93, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 9.04, 220.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0229 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.028 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3958, 43.8027, 53.3832)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB5BB #BBA39D

analogous

#9DBBB2 #9DB5BB #9DA6BB

triadic

#9DB5BB #BB9DB5 #B5BB9D

tetradic

#9DB5BB #B29DBB #BBA39D #A6BB9D

square

#9DB5BB #B29DBB #BBA39D #A6BB9D

split-complementary

#9DB5BB #BB9DA6 #BBB29D

monochromatic

#5B7B83 #799AA2 #9DB5BB #C1D0D4 #E5ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9DB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9DB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB5BB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB5BB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.028 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacbcf',
    500: '#9db5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db5bb;
$custom-light: #bacbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.02777,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB5BB

secondary

#DFD7D5

accent

#5A499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB5BB

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

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