#9EB4BC#9EB4BC

#9EB4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4BC
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -5.85, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 8.83, 228.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0201 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4966, 43.5415, 53.8906)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4BC #BCA69E

analogous

#9EBCB5 #9EB4BC #9EA5BC

triadic

#9EB4BC #BC9EB4 #B4BC9E

tetradic

#9EB4BC #B59EBC #BCA69E #A5BC9E

square

#9EB4BC #B59EBC #BCA69E #A5BC9E

split-complementary

#9EB4BC #BC9EA5 #BCB59E

monochromatic

#5B7984 #7A98A3 #9EB4BC #C2D0D5 #E6ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9EB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#9EB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4BC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4BC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcad0',
    500: '#9eb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4bc;
$custom-light: #bbcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.02689,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4BC

secondary

#E0D9D6

accent

#5F499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4BC

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

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