#9FB3BB#9FB3BB

#9FB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.025 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB3BB
RGB	rgb(159, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -5.20, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 8.25, 230.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.018 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.025 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3856, 43.1981, 53.2671)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB3BB #BBA79F

analogous

#9FBBB5 #9FB3BB #9FA5BB

triadic

#9FB3BB #BB9FB3 #B3BB9F

tetradic

#9FB3BB #B59FBB #BBA79F #A5BB9F

square

#9FB3BB #B59FBB #BBA79F #A5BB9F

split-complementary

#9FB3BB #BB9FA5 #BBB59F

monochromatic

#5D7883 #7B97A2 #9FB3BB #C3CFD4 #E7ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9FB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#9FB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB3BB

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB3BB	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.025 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9cf',
    500: '#9fb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb3bb;
$custom-light: #bbc9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.02498,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB3BB

secondary

#DFD9D7

accent

#614A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB3BB

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

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