#9EB5BC#9EB5BC

#9EB5BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.027 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB5BC
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -6.39, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 8.91, 224.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0215 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.027 218)
XYZ	xyz(39.6992, 43.9467, 53.9581)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB5BC #BCA59E

analogous

#9EBCB4 #9EB5BC #9EA6BC

triadic

#9EB5BC #BC9EB5 #B5BC9E

tetradic

#9EB5BC #B49EBC #BCA59E #A6BC9E

square

#9EB5BC #B49EBC #BCA59E #A6BC9E

split-complementary

#9EB5BC #BC9EA6 #BCB49E

monochromatic

#5B7B84 #7A99A3 #9EB5BC #C2D1D5 #E6ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9EB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9EB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB5BC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB5BC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.027 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbd0',
    500: '#9eb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb5bc;
$custom-light: #bbcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.02726,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.43948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB5BC

secondary

#E0D8D6

accent

#5C499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB5BC

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

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