#9FB2BC#9FB2BC

#9FB2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.026 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB2BC
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -4.45, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 8.56, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0162 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.026 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2933, 42.8417, 53.7663)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB2BC #BCA99F

analogous

#9FBCB7 #9FB2BC #9FA3BC

triadic

#9FB2BC #BC9FB2 #B2BC9F

tetradic

#9FB2BC #B79FBC #BCA99F #A3BC9F

square

#9FB2BC #B79FBC #BCA99F #A3BC9F

split-complementary

#9FB2BC #BC9FA3 #BCB79F

monochromatic

#5C7684 #7B95A3 #9FB2BC #C3CFD5 #E7ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9FB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#9FB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB2BC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB2BC	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.026 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d0',
    500: '#9fb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb2bc;
$custom-light: #bbc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.02556,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB2BC

secondary

#E0DAD7

accent

#66499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB2BC

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

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