#9FB4BF#9FB4BF

#9FB4BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.028 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB4BF
RGB	rgb(159, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -4.88, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 9.39, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0179 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.028 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0209, 43.7741, 55.6208)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB4BF #BFAA9F

analogous

#9FBFBA #9FB4BF #9FA4BF

triadic

#9FB4BF #BF9FB4 #B4BF9F

tetradic

#9FB4BF #BA9FBF #BFAA9F #A4BF9F

square

#9FB4BF #BA9FBF #BFAA9F #A4BF9F

split-complementary

#9FB4BF #BF9FA4 #BFBA9F

monochromatic

#5B7989 #7A97A7 #9FB4BF #C4D1D7 #E8EDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9FB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#9FB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB4BF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB4BF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.028 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcad2',
    500: '#9fb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb4bf;
$custom-light: #bbcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75738,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB4BF

secondary

#E2DBD8

accent

#65479E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB4BF

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

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