#9CAA96#9CAA96

#9CAA96 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.032 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA96
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(102, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(102, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -8.72, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 12.28, 135.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0234 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.032 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5891, 38.0191, 34.4171)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA96 #A496AA

analogous

#A6AA96 #9CAA96 #96AA9A

triadic

#9CAA96 #969CAA #AA969C

tetradic

#9CAA96 #96A6AA #A496AA #AA9A96

square

#9CAA96 #96A6AA #A496AA #AA9A96

split-complementary

#9CAA96 #9A96AA #AA96A6

monochromatic

#5F6D58 #7C8F74 #9CAA96 #BCC5B8 #DCE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CAA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9CAA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA96

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA96	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.032 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3b4',
    500: '#9caa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa96;
$custom-light: #b9c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.03246,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA96

secondary

#CFCAD2

accent

#519580

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA96

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

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