#9EB3BB#9EB3BB

#9EB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.026 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB3BB
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -5.53, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 8.54, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0191 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.026 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1880, 43.0963, 53.2578)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB3BB #BBA69E

analogous

#9EBBB5 #9EB3BB #9EA4BB

triadic

#9EB3BB #BB9EB3 #B3BB9E

tetradic

#9EB3BB #B59EBB #BBA69E #A4BB9E

square

#9EB3BB #B59EBB #BBA69E #A4BB9E

split-complementary

#9EB3BB #BB9EA4 #BBB59E

monochromatic

#5C7883 #7A97A2 #9EB3BB #C2CFD4 #E6EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#9EB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB3BB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB3BB	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)

#AEB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.026 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9cf',
    500: '#9eb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb3bb;
$custom-light: #bbc9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.02594,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB3BB

secondary

#DFD8D6

accent

#604A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB3BB

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

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