#9EB3BC#9EB3BC

#9EB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.027 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB3BC
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -5.32, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 8.80, 232.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0187 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.027 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2955, 43.1392, 53.8236)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB3BC #BCA79E

analogous

#9EBCB6 #9EB3BC #9EA4BC

triadic

#9EB3BC #BC9EB3 #B3BC9E

tetradic

#9EB3BC #B69EBC #BCA79E #A4BC9E

square

#9EB3BC #B69EBC #BCA79E #A4BC9E

split-complementary

#9EB3BC #BC9EA4 #BCB69E

monochromatic

#5B7884 #7A97A3 #9EB3BC #C2CFD5 #E6ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9EB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#9EB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB3BC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB3BC	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)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.027 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d0',
    500: '#9eb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb3bc;
$custom-light: #bbc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.02661,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB3BC

secondary

#E0D9D6

accent

#62499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB3BC

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

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