#9FB3BC#9FB3BC

#9FB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.026 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB3BC
RGB	rgb(159, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -4.99, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 8.52, 234.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0176 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.026 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4930, 43.2411, 53.8328)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB3BC #BCA89F

analogous

#9FBCB6 #9FB3BC #9FA4BC

triadic

#9FB3BC #BC9FB3 #B3BC9F

tetradic

#9FB3BC #B69FBC #BCA89F #A4BC9F

square

#9FB3BC #B69FBC #BCA89F #A4BC9F

split-complementary

#9FB3BC #BC9FA4 #BCB69F

monochromatic

#5C7884 #7B96A3 #9FB3BC #C3D0D5 #E7ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9FB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#9FB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB3BC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB3BC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.026 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc9d0',
    500: '#9fb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb3bc;
$custom-light: #bbc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.02568,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB3BC

secondary

#E0DAD7

accent

#63499C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB3BC

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

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