#9FBDCB#9FBDCB

#9FBDCB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.038 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FBDCB
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -7.05, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 12.57, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0257 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.038 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2722, 48.0765, 63.4881)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FBDCB #CBAD9F

analogous

#9FCBC3 #9FBDCB #9FA7CB

triadic

#9FBDCB #CB9FBD #BDCB9F

tetradic

#9FBDCB #C39FCB #CBAD9F #A7CB9F

square

#9FBDCB #C39FCB #CBAD9F #A7CB9F

split-complementary

#9FBDCB #CB9FA7 #CBC39F

monochromatic

#54859B #77A2B5 #9FBDCB #C7D8E1 #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9FBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#9FBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBDCB

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FBDCB	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.038 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0da',
    500: '#9fbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fbdcb;
$custom-light: #bcd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78063,
    "c": 0.03818,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FBDCB

secondary

#E9E1DD

accent

#5F3DA8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBDCB

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

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