#9EB4CD#9EB4CD

#9EB4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.043 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB4CD
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -2.08, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 15.29, 262.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0136 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.043 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4383, 44.3182, 64.1168)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB4CD #CDB79E

analogous

#9ECBCD #9EB4CD #9F9ECD

triadic

#9EB4CD #CD9EB4 #B4CD9E

tetradic

#9EB4CD #CD9ECB #CDB79E #9ECD9F

square

#9EB4CD #CD9ECB #CDB79E #9ECD9F

split-complementary

#9EB4CD #CD9F9E #CBCD9E

monochromatic

#52769F #7695B8 #9EB4CD #C6D3E2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#9EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB4CD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB4CD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.043 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcadc',
    500: '#9eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb4cd;
$custom-light: #bbcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.04347,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB4CD

secondary

#EAE4DD

accent

#763BAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB4CD

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

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