#9CAAAC#9CAAAC

#9CAAAC is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.016 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAAC
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -4.49, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 5.24, 211.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0143 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.016 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5298, 38.7954, 44.6381)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAAC #AC9E9C

analogous

#9CACA6 #9CAAAC #9CA2AC

triadic

#9CAAAC #AC9CAA #AAAC9C

tetradic

#9CAAAC #A69CAC #AC9E9C #A2AC9C

square

#9CAAAC #A69CAC #AC9E9C #A2AC9C

split-complementary

#9CAAAC #AC9CA2 #ACA69C

monochromatic

#5E6E70 #7B8D90 #9CAAAC #BDC7C8 #DFE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CAAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9CAAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAAC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAAC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.016 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3c4',
    500: '#9caaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaac;
$custom-light: #b9c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.01604,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAAC

secondary

#D5D0CF

accent

#5B5393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAAC

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

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