#9CA8AC#9CA8AC

#9CA8AC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.015 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8AC
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -3.40, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 4.89, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0114 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.015 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1577, 38.0513, 44.5141)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8AC #ACA09C

analogous

#9CACA8 #9CA8AC #9CA0AC

triadic

#9CA8AC #AC9CA8 #A8AC9C

tetradic

#9CA8AC #A89CAC #ACA09C #A0AC9C

square

#9CA8AC #A89CAC #ACA09C #A0AC9C

split-complementary

#9CA8AC #AC9CA0 #ACA89C

monochromatic

#5E6B70 #7B8B90 #9CA8AC #BDC5C8 #DFE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9CA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8AC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8AC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.015 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c4',
    500: '#9ca8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8ac;
$custom-light: #b9c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72334,
    "c": 0.01477,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8AC

secondary

#D5D1CF

accent

#635393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8AC

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

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