#9FB5CE#9FB5CE

#9FB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.043 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB5CE
RGB	rgb(159, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -2.08, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 15.28, 262.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0136 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.043 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9595, 44.8737, 64.8313)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB5CE #CEB89F

analogous

#9FCDCE #9FB5CE #A19FCE

triadic

#9FB5CE #CE9FB5 #B5CE9F

tetradic

#9FB5CE #CE9FCD #CEB89F #9FCEA1

square

#9FB5CE #CE9FCD #CEB89F #9FCEA1

split-complementary

#9FB5CE #CEA19F #CDCE9F

monochromatic

#5277A1 #7696B9 #9FB5CE #C8D4E3 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#9FB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#9FB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB5CE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB5CE	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.043 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccbdd',
    500: '#9fb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb5ce;
$custom-light: #bccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76467,
    "c": 0.04342,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB5CE

secondary

#EAE5DE

accent

#763AAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB5CE

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

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