#9CA4AC#9CA4AC

#9CA4AC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.015 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4AC
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(210, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -1.22, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 5.25, 256.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0055 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.015 248)
XYZ	xyz(34.4306, 36.5970, 44.2717)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4AC #ACA49C

analogous

#9CACAC #9CA4AC #9C9CAC

triadic

#9CA4AC #AC9CA4 #A4AC9C

tetradic

#9CA4AC #AC9CAC #ACA49C #9CAC9C

square

#9CA4AC #AC9CAC #ACA49C #9CAC9C

split-complementary

#9CA4AC #AC9C9C #ACAC9C

monochromatic

#5E6770 #7B8590 #9CA4AC #BDC3C8 #DFE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9CA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4AC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4AC	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.015 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfc4',
    500: '#9ca4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4ac;
$custom-light: #b9bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.01478,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4AC

secondary

#D5D2CF

accent

#735393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4AC

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

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