#9CA8B8#9CA8B8

#9CA8B8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.027 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8B8
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(214, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -0.87, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 9.68, 264.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0067 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.027 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3626, 38.5332, 50.8600)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8B8 #B8AC9C

analogous

#9CB6B8 #9CA8B8 #9E9CB8

triadic

#9CA8B8 #B89CA8 #A8B89C

tetradic

#9CA8B8 #B89CB6 #B8AC9C #9CB89E

square

#9CA8B8 #B89CB6 #B8AC9C #9CB89E

split-complementary

#9CA8B8 #B89E9C #B6B89C

monochromatic

#5B6A7F #78899E #9CA8B8 #C0C7D2 #E3E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#9CA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8B8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8B8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.027 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1cd',
    500: '#9ca8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8b8;
$custom-light: #b9c1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.0269,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8B8

secondary

#DCD9D3

accent

#784B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8B8

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

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