#9EB4BB#9EB4BB

#9EB4BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.026 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4BB
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -6.07, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 8.61, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0205 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.026 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3892, 43.4985, 53.3249)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4BB #BBA59E

analogous

#9EBBB4 #9EB4BB #9EA5BB

triadic

#9EB4BB #BB9EB4 #B4BB9E

tetradic

#9EB4BB #B49EBB #BBA59E #A5BB9E

square

#9EB4BB #B49EBB #BBA59E #A5BB9E

split-complementary

#9EB4BB #BB9EA5 #BBB49E

monochromatic

#5C7983 #7A98A2 #9EB4BB #C2D0D4 #E6ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9EB4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#9EB4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4BB

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4BB	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.026 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcacf',
    500: '#9eb4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4bb;
$custom-light: #bbcacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.0263,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4BB

secondary

#DFD8D6

accent

#5D4A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4BB

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

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