#9EB2BC#9EB2BC

#9EB2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.026 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB2BC
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -4.78, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 8.83, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0173 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.026 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0958, 42.7398, 53.7570)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB2BC #BCA89E

analogous

#9EBCB7 #9EB2BC #9EA3BC

triadic

#9EB2BC #BC9EB2 #B2BC9E

tetradic

#9EB2BC #B79EBC #BCA89E #A3BC9E

square

#9EB2BC #B79EBC #BCA89E #A3BC9E

split-complementary

#9EB2BC #BC9EA3 #BCB79E

monochromatic

#5B7784 #7A95A3 #9EB2BC #C2CFD5 #E6EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#9EB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#9EB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB2BC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB2BC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.026 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d0',
    500: '#9eb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb2bc;
$custom-light: #bbc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.02646,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB2BC

secondary

#E0D9D6

accent

#65499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB2BC

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

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