#9EB6BC#9EB6BC

#9EB6BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.028 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB6BC
RGB	rgb(158, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -6.92, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 9.04, 220.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0229 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.028 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9033, 44.3548, 54.0262)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB6BC #BCA49E

analogous

#9EBCB3 #9EB6BC #9EA7BC

triadic

#9EB6BC #BC9EB6 #B6BC9E

tetradic

#9EB6BC #B39EBC #BCA49E #A7BC9E

square

#9EB6BC #B39EBC #BCA49E #A7BC9E

split-complementary

#9EB6BC #BC9EA7 #BCB39E

monochromatic

#5B7C84 #7A9BA3 #9EB6BC #C2D1D5 #E6ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9EB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#9EB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB6BC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB6BC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.028 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcbd0',
    500: '#9eb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb6bc;
$custom-light: #bbcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.02775,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB6BC

secondary

#E0D8D6

accent

#5A499D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#111314

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB6BC

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

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