#9EB5BF#9EB5BF

#9EB5BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.029 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB5BF
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -5.74, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 9.63, 233.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0203 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.029 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0260, 44.0774, 55.6791)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB5BF #BFA89E

analogous

#9EBFB8 #9EB5BF #9EA4BF

triadic

#9EB5BF #BF9EB5 #B5BF9E

tetradic

#9EB5BF #B89EBF #BFA89E #A4BF9E

square

#9EB5BF #B89EBF #BFA89E #A4BF9E

split-complementary

#9EB5BF #BF9EA4 #BFB89E

monochromatic

#5A7A89 #7999A7 #9EB5BF #C3D1D7 #E8EDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9EB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#9EB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB5BF

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB5BF	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.029 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbd2',
    500: '#9eb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb5bf;
$custom-light: #bbcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7588,
    "c": 0.02914,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB5BF

secondary

#E1DAD7

accent

#61479F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB5BF

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

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