#9EB2C4#9EB2C4

#9EB2C4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB2C4
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -3.03, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 11.85, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0142 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.034 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9822, 43.0944, 58.4254)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB2C4 #C4B09E

analogous

#9EC4C3 #9EB2C4 #9E9FC4

triadic

#9EB2C4 #C49EB2 #B2C49E

tetradic

#9EB2C4 #C39EC4 #C4B09E #9FC49E

square

#9EB2C4 #C39EC4 #C4B09E #9FC49E

split-complementary

#9EB2C4 #C49E9F #C4C39E

monochromatic

#587590 #7894AD #9EB2C4 #C4D0DB #EAEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#9EB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB2C4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB2C4	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d5',
    500: '#9eb2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb2c4;
$custom-light: #bbc9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 24.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.03415,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB2C4

secondary

#E4DFD9

accent

#7043A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB2C4

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

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