#9EB5BB#9EB5BB

#9EB5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.027 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB5BB
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -6.60, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 8.73, 220.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0219 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.027 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5918, 43.9037, 53.3924)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB5BB #BBA49E

analogous

#9EBBB3 #9EB5BB #9EA6BB

triadic

#9EB5BB #BB9EB5 #B5BB9E

tetradic

#9EB5BB #B39EBB #BBA49E #A6BB9E

square

#9EB5BB #B39EBB #BBA49E #A6BB9E

split-complementary

#9EB5BB #BB9EA6 #BBB39E

monochromatic

#5C7B83 #7A9AA2 #9EB5BB #C2D0D4 #E6ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9EB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#9EB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB5BB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB5BB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.027 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbcf',
    500: '#9eb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb5bb;
$custom-light: #bbcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7575,
    "c": 0.02677,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB5BB

secondary

#DFD8D6

accent

#5B4A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB5BB

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

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