#9EB3C4#9EB3C4

#9EB3C4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.034 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB3C4
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -3.57, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 11.61, 252.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0156 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.034 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1819, 43.4938, 58.4919)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB3C4 #C4AF9E

analogous

#9EC4C2 #9EB3C4 #9EA0C4

triadic

#9EB3C4 #C49EB3 #B3C49E

tetradic

#9EB3C4 #C29EC4 #C4AF9E #A0C49E

square

#9EB3C4 #C29EC4 #C4AF9E #A0C49E

split-complementary

#9EB3C4 #C49EA0 #C4C29E

monochromatic

#587790 #7895AD #9EB3C4 #C4D1DB #EAEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9EB3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#9EB3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB3C4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB3C4	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.034 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d5',
    500: '#9eb3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb3c4;
$custom-light: #bbc9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 24.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.03378,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB3C4

secondary

#E4DED9

accent

#6E43A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB3C4

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

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