#9EB2C5#9EB2C5

#9EB2C5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.035 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB2C5
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -2.81, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 12.28, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0138 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.035 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0964, 43.1401, 59.0268)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB2C5 #C5B19E

analogous

#9EC5C5 #9EB2C5 #9E9FC5

triadic

#9EB2C5 #C59EB2 #B2C59E

tetradic

#9EB2C5 #C59EC5 #C5B19E #9FC59E

square

#9EB2C5 #C59EC5 #C5B19E #9FC59E

split-complementary

#9EB2C5 #C59E9F #C5C59E

monochromatic

#577592 #7894AE #9EB2C5 #C4D0DC #EBEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EB2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#9EB2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB2C5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB2C5	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)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.035 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d6',
    500: '#9eb2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb2c5;
$custom-light: #bbc9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75444,
    "c": 0.03527,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB2C5

secondary

#E5DFDA

accent

#7142A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB2C5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →