#9AB8A6#9AB8A6

#9AB8A6 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.042 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AB8A6
RGB	rgb(154, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(144, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(144, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -13.79, 5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 14.95, 157.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0388 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.042 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3481, 43.9033, 42.5754)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AB8A6 #B89AAC

analogous

#9DB89A #9AB8A6 #9AB8B5

triadic

#9AB8A6 #A69AB8 #B8A69A

tetradic

#9AB8A6 #9A9DB8 #B89AAC #B8B59A

square

#9AB8A6 #9A9DB8 #B89AAC #B8B59A

split-complementary

#9AB8A6 #B59AB8 #B89A9D

monochromatic

#597F68 #769F86 #9AB8A6 #BED1C6 #E2EBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9AB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#9AB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AB8A6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AB8A6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ab8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.042 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8cdc0',
    500: '#9ab8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ab8a6;
$custom-light: #b8cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ab8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75497,
    "c": 0.04154,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AB8A6

secondary

#DCD2D8

accent

#4A7B9C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AB8A6

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

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